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Kenya regains position as region’s biggest economy

From left: President Uhuru Kenyatta, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni at last year’s East Africa Community Heads of State Summit in Arusha, Tanzania. [File, Standard]

Kenya has overtaken Ethiopia to regain its coveted prize as the biggest economy in the Eastern Africa region, new data by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows.

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