How engineers help drive Big Four agenda

An overpass road being built where Tajmall building was demolished connecting to Outering Road on June 2, 2019. [David Gichuru, Standard]

The Government remains the biggest player in setting the agenda and influencing economic direction.

In the Big Four action plan, the Government wants to grow manufacturing from 9.2 per cent to 20 per cent of GDP by 2022. A check on the Chinese economy illustrates how their GDP has been largely dependent on manufacturing. In fact, the service sector has also picked up and is increasingly outpacing manufacturing in its contribution to GDP.