Are religion, economic growth friends or foes?

Last Saturday, visitors from far and wide congregated in Nyeri to witness the beatification of Sister Irene Stefani, an Italian nun who served there in the early part of the 20th Century. Instructively, she was one of 12 children. Big families even in Europe, were common and it will not be long before the current size of families in Kenya reduce, just like in Italy. Big families are part of an economic growth trajectory.

Nyeri town got a big economic boost. The town is nestled on a hill overlooking the scenic Mt Kenya and Aberdares, which is slowing evolving into a major tourist attraction. Even the founder of Scouts movement, Baden Powell, is buried there.