Vision 2030 team maintains it is on course to deliver economic goals

To get Kenya to upper middle income status in 14 years, the World Bank said, will require the Government to rekindle growth in stagnating industries, provide more jobs for the youth and lower corruption.PHOTO: COURTESY

Kenya’s economic growth prospects remain vulnerable to election risks as August 2017 draws near.

A recent World Bank report warns that election-related spending may eat into expenditure on key growth sectors, such as infrastructure, and investors may put off new investments until after next year.