Polls uncertainty dampen Kenya's 2017 economic outlook

119 views · Published 1 February 2017 · 1:16 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: africanews · 2017 · News & Politics

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Kenya's economic growth is expected to slip to about 5.7 percent  this year from 5.9 percent in 2016. 

This is according to the country's Central Bank's governor, Patrick Njoroge, who said on Tuesday that uncertainties related to Britain's vote to leave the European Union, as well as questions about the direction of US policy after the election of  Donald Trump added to the woes.

As the country heads for general elections in August, economic growth prospects have been  further dimmed by uncert…
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