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    "id": 835758,
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    "content": "A recent publication by Wealth X titled Annual World Ultra-Wealth Report, placed Kenya among the top 10 countries with the fastest growing number of new billionaires worth more than Kshs3 billion. The country had a percentage increase of 11.7 per cent in this regard. This is despite the slowdown in economic growth occasioned by the General Elections of 2017 and diminishing corporate performance. National and county government officials are amassing wealth that is not commensurate with their salaries yet nothing is being done about it. Some of these monies are distributed in harambee and churches every weekend. As a country, there is need to make corruption painful and costly, only then can we slay this dragon. It is a fact that numerous questions still linger about the Eurobond proceeds. There are so many unresolved corruption cases that require urgent action. Unemployment is at its highest in the country today. The situation is compounded by companies which are winding up businesses in Kenya because of a shrinking economy. The youth are forced into crime and drug abuse because they have lost hope in life. On numerous occasions, there have been reports of graduates turning up on the road with placards showing their qualification asking for employment. What about the millions of youth without college education? Today, the number of hawkers in the city is increasing by the day and surely it will not be a prudent idea to just drive---."
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