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Kenyatta's risky strategy over Pandora Papers revelations

Breaking news published on 07/10/21 at 1.00 p.m. - The Kenyan president was abroad when the international investigation into tax avoidance broke. He has been making frantic phone calls to Kenya's political heavyweights ever since to convince them, without success, to reveal their own offshore investments. [...]

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