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Why Kenya can't keep comparing itself to Singapore

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Supertree grove, Cloud garden greenhouse and Marina Bay Sands hotel at dusk, Singapore. [iStockphoto]

Singapore has been a constant mention as Kenya re-imagines its future economically and socially. We have been reminded that Singapore and the Asian Tigers were at the same level of development as Kenya in 1963.

Yet, in one generation, those three nations have risen from low-income to highly developed countries. Is it a fair comparison? The truth is Kenya can only compare to Singapore in terms of its potential from 60 years ago and nothing else. The actions, plans, policies, and caliber of leaders at the core of Kenya's governance since 1963 cannot put Kenya on the same pedestal.

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