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Reduced spending jolts manufacturing sector

A worker prepares his machine at Rivatex Weaving department Eldoret Uasin Gishu County [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The manufacturing sector registered a slow growth rate at 0.2 per cent in 2020 compared to 2.8 per cent in 2019.

This was attributed to reduced demand for their products in the country as Covid-19 slowed down economic activities and eroded earnings, leaving individual Kenyans and companies with reduced spending power.

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