Car assembly drives growth

Mechanics at the ISUZU East Africa, General Motors (GM) assemble a ISUZU truck. The GM assembles a variety of vehicles and sell them with zero mileage.   

The manufacturing sector’s added value rose by 3.2 per cent in 2019, slower than the 4.3 per cent recorded in 2018.

The volume of output for the sector, however, increased by two per cent in 2019. The value of this output jumped 6.6 per cent from Sh2.4 trillion recorded in 2018 to Sh2.6 trillion last year.