Public investments top economic growth driver

Several road and energy projects are under way in various parts of the country. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Heavy public investments and consumption have elevated the government to become the key driver of Kenya’s economic growth in the past four years, a newly released World Bank report says.

The report, released on Tuesday, says that in the past four years the public sector’s contribution to growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) more than doubled as that of the private sector diminished.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.