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To develop, Kenya needs technology skills to use the billions from donors

The announcement last week that Kenya will receive Sh321 billion from the European Union to finance mega projects under Vision 2030, had a significance beyond the amount of money on offer.

The statement that the EU would work as a partner with Kenya to identify priority areas to support and jointly define the way in which the support will be rolled-out marks a significant departure from the days when development partners would be the ones who identified the programmes and projects to fund.

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