In many ways, what is usually on the ballot is never the individual candidates or the political vehicles they use to propel them into power. [Courtesy]In a functional economic system, events like a national election would ordinarily show a seasonal spike in consumption data. For instance, the last General Election cost the country at least Sh49.9 billion before the repeat of the presidential poll. They include the Goldenberg scandal around the 1992 elections, Anglo Leasing after the 2002 elections, and the NYS I & II scandals after the 2013 polls and towards the 2017 elections. It does not help that our high-stakes ethnic mobilisation approach to national elections has a significant signalling effect to would-be investors, both local and foreigners.

Source: Standard Digital July 10, 2021 03:56 UTC