"Kenya Country Risk Report Q2 2015" Published

From: Fast Market Research, Inc.
Published: Tue Feb 03 2015


Core Views

* The long-expected collapse of President Uhuru Kenyatta's trial at the ICC will ease tensions between Kenya and its Western allies, but could strain relations within the ruling party.
* The politicization of sharp ethnic divisions remains the key threat to Kenya's long-term political stability. Terrorism linked to Kenya's military involvement in Somalia is likely to remain a risk, but it does not pose a systemic threat to political stability.
* Kenya's tense security situation will not prevent economic growth from accelerating in 2015 and 2016. Consumer spending and capital investment will drive economic expansion, which will average 6.5% per year between 2015 and 2019.
* A combination of accelerating economic growth and systemic under spending by government agencies will cut Kenya's fiscal deficit from 5.5% of GDP in 2014/2015 to 4.8% in 2017/2018. Development spending will rise, but remain far below the government's targets.
* A sharp fall in oil prices will cut Kenya's current account deficit in 2015, which had been widened by weak tourism receipts. Low energy prices and accelerating economic diversification should help to narrow the shortfall over the medium term.
* Lower fuel and energy prices will limit Kenyan headline inflation in 2015. The country remains vulnerable to weather fluctuations; a serious drought would cut food production and send prices spiralling.
* The LAPSSET project will provide an economic boost for many communities across Kenya, and few will benefit as much as Isiolo. Hopes that the scheme will turn the impoverished backwater into a national hub are, however, unrealistically optimistic.
* Real GDP growth in Kenya will gradually accelerate over the coming next 10 years, averaging 6.5% between 2015 and 2024. While headline growth will be slower than in many African countries, Kenya's economy is relatively diversified, and growth will be broad-based and comparatively sustainable.

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Major Forecast Changes

* Falling oil prices...

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