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Uhuru says high land prices turning off foreign investors

President Uhuru Kenyatta gives a title deed to Rita Leparkeri from Samburu County, yesterday. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said investors were shying away from setting up industries in Kenya due to high land prices. He urged county governments to set aside land for special economic zones to beat the high cost of land.

Uhuru was speaking at Kenyatta International Convention Centre yesterday when he presided over the issuance of title deeds to residents of Samburu County and later flagged off 75 vehicles for use in the National Land Titling Programme.

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