Others are JPMorgan, France-based credit insurer Euler Hermes and Oxford Economics, which are all projecting Kenya’s economy to expand by 5.7 percent and Standard Chartered of London (5.6 percent). “Recent activity data suggests that Kenya’s economy remained strong in recent months. "We expect that the Central Bank of Kenya will keep its key rate on hold in 2019,” economists at Capital Economics said in a note on December 20. Kenya posted a solid growth of 6.3 percent in the April-June period of 2018 largely buoyed by good rains earlier in the year. “One concern we have over Kenya’s debt is the impact of a one-off shock (i.e.

Source: Daily Nation January 01, 2019 09:56 UTC