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Why Kenya is the strategic portal of Africa's free trade

Cargo offloading operation at KPA, Mombasa. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

Historians may challenge me on this, but I reckon that the reason the British claimed Kenya as their protectorate was to act as a stopover from Egypt to Southern Africa.

As the first plane landed on water, Lake Naivasha was a perfect airport. The discovery of a snow-capped mountain and climatic conditions suitable for all crops was carte blanche for settlers.

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