The economic survey is the most comprehensive government report on the economy and other sectors, among them health, education, security and governance. However, plastic products, wood and its products, and other non-metallic mineral products sub-sectors registered declines in the review period,” the report says. Kenya’s 6.3 per cent growth helped push up the regional growth of the East African community to 5.9 per cent. Rwanda grew fastest at 8.6 per cent, followed by Tanzania 6.6 per cent, and Uganda 6.2 per cent. Burundi only managed a 0.1 per cent growth in 2018, pulling down the rest of the growth that should have been more than six per cent.

Source: Daily Nation April 26, 2019 07:18 UTC