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Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key
influence in matters of national and international interest.
When hundreds of Kenyans queued outside KICC for a retina scan with a promise to get Sh7,000. [File, Standard]
The long queues wound several times across the sprawling compound of the Kenyatta International Convention Centre.
Thousands of desperate young Kenyans hoped they would cash in on the free money offered to anyone who would have their eyeballs scanned. And many would exchange what they considered meaningless personal data for some Sh7,000.
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