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Small Urban Centres and the Growth of Underdevelopment in Rural Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

T. B. Kabwegyere
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The 1970–4 Kenya Development Plan designated four levels of centres to stimulate rural development: urban centres as the main commercial centres for an entire district, mostly district headquarters though some like Kajiado, Narok and Kitui have not been so designated; rural centres to serve a population of at least 40,000; market centres to serve populations of about 15,000; and local centres to cater for populations of at least 5,000. Thirty six urban centres, 140 rural centres, 231 market and 600 local centres were identified (see Kabwegyere n.d.: esp. ch. 6).

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Research Article
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Africa , Volume 49 , Issue 3: Small Towns in African Development , July 1979 , pp. 308 - 315
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Copyright © International African Institute 1979

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