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Spotlight | Kenya, Qatar
Kenyatta counts on Qatar to make true on his campaign promises

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. © Twitter account of the State House of Kenya

Qatari property developer Mohammed Bin Twar plans to build the social housing promised by President Uhuru Kenyatta in his "Big Four Agenda". [...]

Published on 19/08/2021 at 06:00 GMT

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Kenyatta and Lafarge struggle with Kenya's floundering parastatals

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Ruto tries to siphon off Kenyatta's campaign war chest

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ISM and Megascope fight it out for emergency hospitals build