▁fled ▁to ▁U g anda ▁and ▁other ▁nearby ▁countries ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁social ▁un rest . ▁One ▁sector ▁greatly ▁affected ▁by ▁the ▁political ▁un rest ▁was ▁tour ism ; ▁fl ights ▁and ▁t ours ▁were ▁cancel led , ▁companies ▁with d rew ▁from ▁Ken ya , ▁and ▁many ▁people ▁lost ▁their ▁job ▁due ▁to ▁lay - offs . ▁The ▁international ▁media ▁covered ▁the ▁tra ged ies ▁extens ively , ▁giving ▁the ▁outside ▁world ▁the ▁impression ▁that ▁the ▁entire ▁country ▁was ▁amid st ▁a ▁blo ody ▁battle , ▁when ▁truly , ▁parts ▁of ▁Ken ya ▁were ▁un touch ed ▁by ▁violence . ▁The ▁loss ▁Ken ya ▁suffered ▁from ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁visit ation ▁equals ▁approximately ▁$ 4 7 . 6 ▁million . ▁The ▁frag ile ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁economy ▁affected ▁surrounding ▁countries ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁After ▁being ▁sw orn ▁in ▁as ▁President , ▁K ib aki ▁named ▁a ▁partial ▁cabinet ▁on ▁ 8 ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁composed ▁of ▁ 1 7 ▁MP s ▁from ▁his ▁party ▁P NU ▁and ▁O DM – K en ya ▁which ▁entered ▁into ▁a ▁coal ition ▁agreement , ▁along ▁with ▁K AN U . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁further ▁cabinet ▁sl ots ▁were ▁left ▁tempor arily ▁open , ▁pres umably ▁to ▁give ▁space ▁for ▁negoti ations ▁with ▁the ▁opposition ▁O DM , ▁which ▁immediately ▁challeng ed ▁the ▁constitution ality ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁government . ▁ ▁By ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁country ▁was ▁starting ▁to ▁recover ▁and ▁by ▁April , ▁it ▁was