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Standard Journalist Ali Manzu to chair taskforce reviewing Mombasa's creative economy

By Winfrey Owino | 1yr ago

Standard Group journalist Ali Manzu. [File, Standard]

Standard Group journalist Ali Manzu has been picked to Chair a nine-member taskforce, mandated to advise on the development of creative economy in Mombasa.

The announcement was made by Governor Abdulswammad Nassir on Monday, December 23.

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