Private, public infrastructure spend lifts construction 9.2pc

A worker at the standard gauge railway Mombasa terminus. photo | tonny omondi

Heavy private investments in real estate and continued public spending on infrastructure saw the construction industry grow 9.2 per cent last year, providing employment to 163,000 Kenyans.

The Economic Survey 2017 said new road projects will see Sh156.5 billion spent on the ongoing 10,000-kilometre annuity programme, a 38.3 per cent increase from last year’s Sh113.2 billion.

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