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Kenya’s development mirage: The problem of imitating success

A photo of Nairobi skyline at Night (PHOTO BY EDWARD KIPLIMO.)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Like many developing countries, Kenya has implemented many visions, programmes and even clarion calls intended to put it squarely on the path to development.

As a young man, I heard about water for all by the year 2000. Then, 2000 seemed like a lifetime. Yet, today in 2017, Kenya is facing a water crisis: access to safe water supplies throughout Kenya is only at 59 per cent.

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