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Privatisation of State corporations faces more opposition

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An aerial view the KICC, Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The planned privatisation of some State-owned entities is facing more resistance following the filing of another petition by human rights activists at the High Court in Nairobi, seeking to nullify the recently enacted Privatisation Act 2023.

A successful bid by the party would in turn stop the planned sale of parastatals that the government has just embarked on. The government is banking on a recent change in the law to fast-track the privatisation of some firms.

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