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What Kenya's 2017 polls taught us about business survival

A voter casting vote at a polling station; businesses reported loses following stalement in 2017 Kenya's general election

NAIROBI, KENYA: When politics took a toll on the economy in August last year, Jesse Kamau closed his business.

For weeks, he was forced to live off the profit he had sweated for years to accumulate.

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