THE STANDARD By
Peter Theuri |
February 4th 2021 at 14:00:00 GMT +0300
Ongoing works at the Sh300m outpatient wing at Naivasha level IV hospital which is expected to be completed by April 2021 two months ahead of the set schedule. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]
The construction sector contributed Sh169 billion to Kenya’s gross domestic product in the third quarter of 2020, the highest in any quarter since 2015.
This is despite the onslaught on the sector and the economy in general brought about by the coronavirus pandemic following the announcement of the first case of Covid-19 in the country in mid-March.
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics’ Quarterly Gross Domestic Product Report, the sector’s performance in the third quarter of 2020 was up from the Sh135 billion it pumped into the economy in a similar quarter in 2019, a 16.2 per cent growth.