Political anxiety casts shadow on Kenya's investment outlook

The wreckage of a vehicle that was set on fire in Homa Bay town on August 16, 2026. Six vehicles were burnt during Linda Mwananchi rally and property destroyed. [James Omoro, Standard]

Kenya's top business leaders are growing increasingly anxious about the oncoming 2027 general election. A Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) survey indicates that there are major concerns over political instability emerging as a dark cloud over an otherwise cautiously optimistic economic outlook.