Kenya has this year posted a drop in the value of imports for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic era due to reduced expenditure on key supplies such as materials for factories, machinery and fuel, fresh official data show.
Traders spent Sh1.43 trillion on goods ordered from abroad for the first seven months of the year compared with Sh1.46 trillion in a similar period last year, according to the data collated by the Central Bank of Kenya.
