Has economic focus already shifted to the 2027 elections?

Traders at Wakulima Market in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

This year and 2027 are likely to be economically different from the previous three years of the Kenya Kwanza government. You may have noticed that if you are a keen observer, government projects ranging from roads to houses are in full throttle.

And interest rates are falling too. That should not surprise us, its penultimate year to elections. Despite the feeling that economic forces are overwhelming and random, we can discern some patterns