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Lost year: Why Kenyans can’t wait to see the back of 2017

Central Bank of Kenya headquarters in Nairobi (PHOTO: Courtesy)

NAIROBI, KENYA: In retrospect, 2017 will probably go down in history as the year when the ‘gods’ conspired against Kenya, casting a cloud of gloom over the country’s economy.

From a debilitating drought to an unprecedented credit crunch that starved the private sector of much-needed credit and a prolonged election that literally stalled business activities, 2017 was simply a lost year.

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