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Kenya is banking on six options after Finance Bill collapse, not two

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Protestors in Kisumu as they marched in the streets of city demanding total rejection to Finance Bill. [Michael Mute, Standard]

"There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen." Lenin describes a society, stable on the surface while social, economic and political problems grow to breaking point. GenZ's awesome protest against the Finance Bill achieved a positive outcome, but will it drag Kenya down?

President Kibaki left Kenya's economy 500% larger, $16bn debt (28% to GDP), facing East. He kept international, investment, shadow and other banks at arm's length.

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