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ICT firms reap from move to e-voting
Voter registration. Apart from mobile phones, IIEC staff used laptops and other gadgets to conduct voter registration, voting, and tallying of results. Photo/FILE
Posted Tuesday, August 24 2010 at 00:00
In addition, the country is expected to see its credit rating go up, opening up an opportunity for the government and private the relatively cheaper international debt markets.
The disputed 2007 General Election was a major contributor to the two-year economic decline.
Economic growth dropped from 7.1 per cent in 2007 to 1.7 per cent in 2008 driven by local business disruptions and a crush in the tourism sector.
Tourist arrivals dropped by 270,000 to stand at 729,000 in 2008, while earnings in the sector dropped by Sh11 billion to stand at Sh52.7 billion.
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