Cushion construction sector to save economy

There is evidence of a strong relationship between construction activity and economic growth. Put better; the state of a country’s economy and its construction industry are interdependent. Globally, the construction industry contributes approximately 15 per cent share of the world’s GDP and employ about seven per cent of the workforce. According to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Economic Survey 2018, our construction and real estate industry contributed about 12.4 per cent of the GDP, that is 5.4 per cent and seven per cent respectively. Further, it employs approximately 550,000 workforce of which 60 per cent are informal.