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I wanted to say the invention of turning Kenya into a Singapore is pretty asinine, but I am mindful that that might seem inappropriate because Prezzo Bill Ruto appears not just to believe in its analogy, he also thinks those who challenge it are “anti-development.”
First off, the data that Prezzo Ruto quotes about Singapore is mostly fictional, but I still can’t wrap my head around the idea that anyone would want to turn Kenya into Singapore. It’s a small island city-state, which means the regional politics played here would be impractical.
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