Ruto-Raila truce: Businesses eye peace dividend for the economy

Traders in Gikomba Market, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Sunday's political truce between President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga is a huge boost for the business environment and the battered economy, business leaders and traders in various sectors said on Monday, April 3.

It has pulled Kenya back from the brink of economic collapse by cooling the excruciating political heat that followed the August Presidential polls fired up by the recent anti-government demonstrations and put the country on the path of reconciliation and economic reconstruction, they said.