High population growth complicates Vision 2030

Mothers leave hospital with their new-borns. Economists are raising the alarm that Kenya’s population would affect social programmes. Stephen Mudiari

If technocrats in President Kibaki’s administration are not convinced that Kenya’s growth credentials are fading by the day as the country’s population continues to grow at a pace out of tune with development goals, new fertility projections should clear up the doubts.

Kenya’s multi-billion shilling investment in education and health — the biggest consumers of the national budget — are increasingly coming under threat of failure in the next decade due to population.

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