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In some quarters President Ruto has made a slow start in terms of his promises. What he can deliver immediately might be a few tokens but he faces the same challenges as many nations across the globe; high national debt, a weakening currency and high inflation. His task is compounded by unfortunate demographics including one…

This month has been notable for its calm post-election. Although a divisive outcome, even those who strongly supported Odinga have agreed that the country needed to move forward together to solve the many issues facing the country after the pandemic, the drought, the reverberations from the war in Ukraine, and inflationary pressures.…… Read the rest

This month has been notable for a very divisive election which has left Kenya, as with many other nations across the globe, polarised between the Ruto camp and the Odinga camp. Ruto won by the smallest of margins with just over 50% of the votes. Odinga is seeking a re-count through the Supreme Court.…… Read…

Overview. The politicking grew to new levels of shame as opposing candidates entered slagging matches against opponents and even, it is suspected, funded disruptive measures to intimidate opponents. While the populace are suffering from the real economic challenges brought on by debt, drought, inflation and lack of resources, by contrast the banks and the breweries…

Overview. The politicking continues but is somewhat overshadowed by global events such as the conflict in Ukraine, and the compounding outcomes such as the cost of trade, commodities, inflation and debt. Some large retail and production companies have folded this month as they have felt the impact. The new Nairobi superhighway has opened successfully, but…

Overview. The political landscape is ever changing in the run up to the elections but of little interest as the front runners are almost definitely already lined up to succeed and Ruto is ever marginalised. While C-19 is finally behind us the situation in terms of food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict is bleak.………

Overview. This month has been notable for the widespread and damaging fuel shortages which have grounded businesses across the country. C19 has disappeared from the discussion, except when flying between East African Countries, where tests are still required. General. A national holiday has been declared over the final weekend of the month to celebrate the…

Overview. The highlight this month was some real political debate around real subjects in the race for presidency, including how to tackle Kenya’s debt and how to invigorate the economy, rather than the usual tribal bickering. While the war in Ukraine is still impacting the NSC, some banks have posted some considerable growth results over…