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Kenyan statistics: Painting a flattering picture?

The lead-up to Kenya’s general election in August is coinciding with rising scepticism in the country about the quality of official economic figures. In this Watch, we will lay out why we are increasingly wary of Kenya’s official growth numbers – which have become suspiciously stable in recent quarters and which sometimes contradict the available activity data.

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