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Why earnings from sale of oil and minerals won't be invested locally

The billions of shillings that will be deposited into the Sovereign Wealth Fund from the sale of Turkana crude oil, mineral exports and privatisation of State entities will not be invested locally in what could be an attempt to prevent political meddling and also for the economy to rely heavily on what is seen as new money.

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