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Why starting a business in the village might be key to riches

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Naivas Supermarket branch at Riva Business Center in Nakuru town. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The gap in development between most rural and urban areas is alarmingly wide.

It was even more pronounced before retired President Uhuru Kenyatta's regime made an effort to connect every village to the national power grid with considerable success.

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