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Social, economic and political shocks that lie ahead for Ruto's government

The National Treasury building in Nairobi. The government is grappling with huge pending bills. [File, Standard]

Happy New Year! Today's article is the first of the 52 that lay ahead for the year 2025, God's willing. As has become the custom for this column, we shall start by reflecting of the social, economic and political factors that are likely going to shape our national economic outlook for the next 12 months.

In reality, there is no economic forecast or model that can accurately predict a 12 month horizon for any economy. The socio-economic and political environments within which economies operate are quite dynamic and can drastically change in a twinkling of an eye.

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