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Folks, I avoid the how-to lists and chat sheets that possibility thinking promotes. To my mind, the following 5 facts about Kenya's economy are essential before wading into any conversation because they save you from embarrassment and misstatement. 
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1. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
2. Income per person
3. Total Public Spending
4. Revenue Collection (nominal and weighted to GDP)
5. Public Spending per person 2/N
2. Income per person
3. Total Public Spending
4. Revenue Collection (nominal and weighted to GDP)
5. Public Spending per person 2/N
To my mind, these 5 numbers constitute the most basic numeracy skills that prevent people from exposing their innumeracy when they speak about what government should buy, whom to levy taxes on and whether GoK is large or small. N/N
The reason for adding this is because earlier, I saw the one claim that the opportunity cost of the #BBI referendum is a massive economic stimulus and debt redemption. The referendum might be both ill-timed and unpopular but not doing it doesn't resolve the debt crisis
