[David Gichuru/Standard]NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya’s economy grew 4.9 per cent last year, its worst performance since President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party swept into power five years ago promising growth of between seven and 10 per cent. In 2016, the economy grew 5.9 per cent. The sector grew at a painfully slow rate of 1.6 per cent, down from 5.1 per cent in 2016. Such dismal growth was last posted in 2011, when the sector grew by 1.5 per cent. Production of tea, coffee, maize, wheat and sugarcane declined by 7 per cent, 11.5 per cent, 6.3 per cent, 23.1 per cent and 33.6 per cent respectively.

Source: Standard Digital April 25, 2018 21:04 UTC