NEWSLETTER No.8

December 2007

CONTENTS

COMMENTARY

EXCHANGE RATES AND BUSINESS

 

The position of the dollar in global trade

 

The impact on Kenyan business

 

The Prospects

 

The flip-side

 

Local influences

   

THE DOHA ROUND

 

EU Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA'S)

   

KENYA:

  POLITICS

 

Party Nominations

 

Competing Parties

 

Presidential Candidates

 

Manifestos

 

Relations on the Ninth Parliament

   

  THE ECONOMY

In General

Economic Indicators

The Exchange Rate

Inflation

Interest Rates

The Central Bank

Limitation on Foreign Investor Shareholdings

Positive News

Safaricom News

Other issues

CONCLUSION

   

END OF YEAR NOTE

   

NEW MEMBERS, 2007

   

FUTURE MEMBERS' MEETINGS

 

OFFICES OF THE EASTERN AFRICA ASSOCIATION

 

CONFIDENTIALITY