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Report: Private sector business activity slows in June

Kenya's private-sector business activity slowed in June, hurt by a decline in credit growth and worries among investors about violence during August's elections, a survey showed on Wednesday.

The Markit Stanbic Bank Kenya Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dropped to 47.3 in June from 49.9 a month earlier. That was the lowest since the survey began in January 2014 and the third decline in the past four months.

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