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Writers wrong on how to fight poverty in Kenya

NAIROBI: In their opinion article published in a local newspaper, Dr Kibaru Mbae, the Director General of the National Council for Population and Development and Siddharth Chatterjee, the UNFPA Kenya representative, praise the population control ideology and erroneously claim it reduces poverty.

The big question is: is population the root cause of poverty in Kenya? Remember that for one to treat an illness, it is imperative to determine its root cause, not the symptoms.

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