Parliament budget office says Kenya’s growth targets are unrealistic

NAIROBI: The Parliamentary Budget Office says it is unlikely that the Government will achieve the growth target of seven per cent due to the failed rains, persistent drought in parts of the country, insecurity and slow down of tourism.

In a report on the Sh2.1 trillion budget that is currently before the National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Budget Office noted that while the Government had placed its hopes on Agriculture to spur growth, it had ignored small-scale farmers who do over 80 per cent of the farming in the country.