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A group of Kenyans living in the diaspora is looking to innovatively combat the emerging problems in the country.
The group of 500 Kenyans has set their sights on issues like education, health and joblessness contributing to poverty, all with the view of helping the vulnerable.
Settling in Voi within Taita Taveta County, the stakeholders came up with a project dubbed Diaspora University Town (DUT) which intends to build a university, schools and hospital on land donated by the ancestral community of Voi.
The project, conceived back in 2006, has so far opened employment opportunities to hundreds of residents, including those who never got opportunities to complete their education due to poverty and teen pregnancies.