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Principal benefits of rebasing economy

Kenya's revised Gross Domestic Product (GDP) now stands at $55.2 billion (Sh4.75 trillion) or 25.3 per cent bigger than previously thought.

The new figures were released on Tuesday by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) after changing the base year for the GDP calculation from 2001 to 2009.

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