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Politics and credit squeeze out third quarter GDP

Police officers and the public engage at Kondele in Kisumu after the youth barricaded Kisumu-Kibos road on August11,2017.  (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

The economy performed the worst in five years, growing at 4.4 per cent in the third quarter of this year compared to 5.6 per cent registered in a similar period last year.

The last time the growth slowed down to such levels was in the third quarter of 2012 when the country recorded a 4.4 per cent growth.

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