Kenya’s maize imports in the first nine months of 2022 more than doubled to 519,611.30 tonnes, equivalent to 5.7 million 90-kilogram bags, following a drop in the production of the cereal due to.
Growth in the construction sector slowed down in the third quarter of 2022 on the back of decreased cement consumption and the import of building raw materials.
A sharp increase in producer inflation, which measures the price movement of manufactured goods before they are dispatched to retailers, has hit a three-year high.
Kenya’s policies to cut its swelling trade deficit have failed to reverse the trend after the value of the gap between its imports and exports widened to more than Sh1.3 trillion.