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Rethink focus on rural settlement

Jomo Kenyatta's call at Independence to 'Go back to the land' was okay back then. The population was a mere 9 million people and the land was there for those who really wanted to till it. Kenya had to become food-sufficient.

And Kenyans made a good job of it. Now Kenya has over 40 million people and the land mass has remained the same.

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