Mwikamba, Faith2024-10-142024-10-142015-08Mwikamba, F. (2015). An Evaluation of The Effect of Elections on Selected Economic Variables in Kenya. Daystar University, School of Business and Economicshttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5410MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION in FinanceElections have a major impact in a country. The government in turn plays a major role on how the economic situation of a country will be. Through the policies that they implement the economic variables like inflation and interest rates and Government expenditure are affected. The purpose of this study was to identify whether elections had any impact on the various economic variables. The objectives of the study were: to determine the effect of elections on interest rates, to assess the effect of elections on inflation rates and to explore the effect of elections on government expenditure. The researcher conducted the study using regression analysis method and drew to a conclusion that elections did have an effect on the selected economic variables namely inflation rate and interest rates and on government expenditure. Interest rates were affected negatively meaning they declined in the election period while inflation rates were affected negatively by the elections while government expenditure was affected positively. One of the recommendations was that the government should ensure that budgets are adhered to in order to ensure that there is no misappropriation of fund especially during the election years. Also the Central Bank should ensure that it intervenes especially in terms of inflation by ensuring that there is adequate supply of money while in terms of interest rates the Treasury bill and bond rates are attractive in order to encourage both domestic and foreign investments especially during the election years.enElectionspolicieseconomicinterest rates and GovernmentThesis