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Stop lip-service to MSMEs, fund them better to grow the economy

Small Medium Enterprise (SME's) stalls along Kigali road in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Kenya may not industrialise unless we make drastic changes. Not just to policy – which is wrong because it promotes importing machines and tools. We must also match policy pronouncements with action. Here is why.

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