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Will the good news in Kenya's construction sector last?

The year 2016 has started with the good news that the construction sector defied high interest rates in 2015 to post impressive growth in the last months of the year.

According to data released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) last week, the sector grew by 14.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2015 compared to 8.8 per cent over a similar period in 2015.

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