Kenya’s GDP grows at 6 percent in third quarter 2018

Kenya’s economy grew in the third quarter of this year due to strong performance in the agriculture and construction sectors. [Photo: Courtesy]

NAIROBI- Kenya’s economy expanded faster in the third quarter of this year than in the same period last year due to strong performance in the agriculture and construction sectors, the statistics office said on Monday.

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said the economy grew 6 percent in the third quarter of 2018, compared with 4.7 percent in the same period in 2017.