At the same time, a notable majority of Kenyans, going by the twin poll, are hopeful that 2024 will turn out better than 2023. All said, it is one thing to wish ourselves well as we enter 2024, but quite another to do the right things to make our wishes come true. Thereafter, there was the East Asian Economic Crisis of 1979-2001, the 1992-1997 Russian Economic Crisis and the 1994-2002 Latin American Debt Crisis that affected Mexico, Brazil and Argentina simultaneously. Neither should we treat the economic dreariness Kenya has experienced in the recent past as an isolated occurrence. Save for the 2007-8 political disruptions, Kenya generally enjoyed a blissful economic moment in the Kibaki years.

Source: Standard Digital January 01, 2024 03:05 UTC