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Kenya

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Uganda’s banks risk scoring own goal

Ramathan Ggoobi asks why Ugandan banks don't reward ‘good’ borrowers by lending to them at lower interest rates, which in turn would induce them to undertake safer projects and create a win-win situation
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Kenya: Traditional Medicine and the Law

Professor John Harrington discusses how in Kenya after decades of repression, authorities are now actively seeking to modernise traditional medicine . He also highlights challenges in regulating and protecting intellectual property rights of those practising traditional medicine.
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Kenya economy continues to exhibit key weaknesses that must be addressed

Anzetse Were 's take on the World Bank's economic memorandum “From Economic Growth to Jobs & Prosperity” on the Kenyan economy.
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Debt and corruption in Tanzania: a response

Sir Edward Clay, former British High Commissioner to Uganda and Kenya, penned a response to our previous blog "Debt and corruption in Tanzania"
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Whose land is it anyway? The failure of land law reform in Kenya

Speakers: Ambreena Manji (Cardiff Law School), Yash Ghai (former chair, Constitution of Kenya Review Commission; founder of Katiba Institute)
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Whose Land Is It Anyway? The failure of land law reform in Kenya

Land is a “key fault line” in Kenya. Throughout East Africa land law reform has been pursued at the expense of substantive land reform. New laws have not been redistributive or transformative in a positive way.