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Mineral wealth should be a blessing not a curse. That, at least, is what Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are hoping for from their recent discoveries of vast oil and natural gas reserves.
Kenya’s economy has not historically been known as an exporter of oil or minerals. According to Government estimates, extractives currently contribute just 1 per cent to Kenya’s GDP, which amounts to less than 2 per cent of total export revenues.
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