Why post-election peace matters

As we move into that period of our economic cycle where, in June, business activities are being postponed until September, the impact of our ethnically-rooted electoral system and the violence it so often triggers is being compounded by the darkest of economic alignments.

In the last two weeks, the shilling has hit an all-time low. A leading international credit agency has downgraded Kenya’s rating to an above-average risk of debt default, and inflation is rising.