On the very same day when the famous handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga took place, a five-star hotel in Nairobi immediately recorded a 40 percent increase in tourist bookings.
The negative relationship between high political temperatures and business confidence in Kenya is well documented. This is the reason why the political truce that is anchored on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) has created a golden opportunity to fix the economy.
