Change and the things we take for granted

In 2021, the economic stimulus after the covid-19 shut-down generated 7.59 percent growth. A rebound in agriculture and services, and the construction of the SGR drove 6.3 percent growth in 2018.

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In the debate about the prospects of Kenya’s transformation, it is easy to forget where we are coming from - the distance already travelled. The proportion of Kenyans age 50 and above, is 10 percent. Unlike the Gen Z, these older folks will have lived at a time of phone booths or coin boxes.

They will have known a time when calls were made through land lines, and a fax machine was all the rage.

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