Election jitters: It’s not all gloom

A busy street in downtown Nairobi. Some investment analysts see the post poll election jitters as “short-term”. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Estimates released last week by the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce claimed that the economy has shed a massive Sh23 billion due to uncertainty caused by the Supreme Court decision to nullify the August 8 presidential election result.

This is not small money. It is actually an equivalent of 0.3 per cent of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.