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  "id": 12361311,
  "title": "Meru betting on culture to put its tourism back on the map",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/meru-betting-on-culture-to-put-its-tourism-back-on-the-map",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T10:35:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/business/meru-betting-on-culture-to-put-its-tourism-back-on-the-map"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For years, Meru National Park has stood quietly in the shadow of Kenya’s more celebrated wildlife destinations, its vast savannahs, winding rivers and legendary conservation story waiting to be rediscovered. Now, Meru County is turning to an unlikely but powerful tool to breathe new life into the “sleeping giant”. Through festivals, traditional performances, indigenous cuisine, […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}