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Mismatch between supply and demand cause of high prices

Demand in Kenya has rarely kept pace with supply. We seem to think it's only houses that are in short supply. [iStockphoto]

An early morning visit to the Lions Eye Hospital in Loresho, Nairobi finds a long queue with mostly elderly men and women. They are clearly from rural areas.

The other well-known eye hospital is at Kikuyu, not far from Loresho.

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