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The debt-fuelled hits and misses that will define Uhuru Kenyatta's legacy

President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Special Envoy to China, Wang Yong, flag off an SGR cargo train at the Nairobi terminus. [Phillip Orwa, Standard]

The mountain of debt President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration has accumulated this past last nine years might pale against the benefits of the infrastructural projects that absorbed the loans.

However, the payment pain might be sharper than the benefits of more paved roads, electric connections, or bigger sea and air ports.

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