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Why Kenya should follow in Singapore’s footsteps to tackle rising unemployment

Jua kali artisans at work. Singapore got independence in the same year as Kenya but has scaled heights to almost totally eradicate unemployment.  [Photo: File/Standard]

By Mark Kapchanga

Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya and Singapore have a common history: They were both declared independent from Britain in 1963. But that is as far as their similarities can go.

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