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Why Rotich needs more than a miracle to fix struggling economy this year

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich may have wrapped up 2015 unfazed following the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)’s figure that indicated the economy grew by 5.8 per cent during the third quarter.

The growth, which improved by 0.6 percentage points compared to a similar quarter in 2014, was mainly driven by expansion in agriculture, construction, and financial and insurance.

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