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Why inequality, not growth, is Kenya’s biggest challenge yet
Millions of Kenyans work tirelessly every day. They till the land, teach in schools, build roads, drive public transport, run businesses, trade in markets and keep industries functioning.
Karl Marx, the revolutionary German economist and philosopher, wrote at a time of immense industrial transformation.
Cities were swelling with workers drawn by the promise of opportunity, yet many found themselves trapped in miserable living conditions, enduring long working hours and grinding poverty. The parallels with contemporary Kenya are difficult to ignore.
