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Why Kenya Airways doesn’t deserve Sh60b bailout

Numbers don’t lie. And Sh60 billion is not pocket change for Kenya. For many reasons. Here is a very short list of ten.

One, the main drivers of the economy in the last financial year were agriculture, forestry, fishing, construction, wholesale and retail trade, education, finance and insurance. The airline industry is not in that list. Any injection of additional funds in any of the key sectors will benefit us more now and for years to come.

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