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Kenya economic growth to slip, global uncertainties pose risks

Kenyan economic growth is expected to slip to 5.7 percent in 2017 from about 5.9 percent in 2016, and the biggest risks ahead are linked to uncertainties in the global economy, the central bank said on Tuesday.

Governor Patrick Njoroge told a news conference that Britain's vote to leave the European Union and the direction of U.S. policy under the President Donald Trump were both casting a shadow over the outlook.

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