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Violent demos dim hope for economic recovery before Ruto's first term ends

Reginah Ngumunu, a business lady at Kitengela Kajiado county , counting losses at her Mpesa shop that was broken into by goons during the Saba Saba commemoration on Monday. [Peterson Githaiga/Standard]

No one can quantify the economic losses that the country continues to suffer as a result of the violent protests. These include human capital laid to waste by bullets during demonstrations, opportunity costs for closing major urban areas, negative impacts on productivity, direct looting or burning of businesses and public infrastructure.

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