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Manufacturing bucks trend after a rough 2020

Workers at the Shona Garments factory situated at Export Processing Zone in Athi River, make face masks ordered by the government following the Covid -19 outbreak. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

A rebounding manufacturing sector recorded a growth of 6.9 per cent in 2021, bucking the trend after a suppressed growth of -0.4 per cent in 2020.

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