2015 report: Drivers of second quarter growth

A foreign visitor from Belgium, left, smiles after feeding a giraffe from her hand while others take photographs at the Giraffe Centre, in the Karen neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. The risk to the country's tourism was one of the first concerns expressed by officials during the initial days of the Westgate Mall siege, but tourists continue to fly to Kenya for safaris and beach vacations despite a number of foreigners being killed in last week’s attack.

Kenya’s real gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of the year grew by 5.5 per cent on the back of improved performance in key sectors, among them energy and agriculture.

Data released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) last week shows the growth levels registered were, however, lower than the 6.0 per cent registered over a similar quarter last year, as horticulture and tourism held back overall growth.