Economy to fare better after elections than post-2008 vote

Police disperse protestors at the Kondele roundabout on October 26, 2017. Photo | Ondari Ogega | NMG

Kenya’s economy has weathered the election storm better than it did a decade ago, a Reuters poll of economists suggested, and they expect investment to pick up next year if calm returns to the country soon.

On Monday, President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner of a repeat election after the result from two months ago was disputed, handing a second term to the son of the country’s founding father, the late Jomo Kenyatta.

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