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Economy grew by 6.8 per cent between January-March amidst high cost of living

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 Jackson Omondi, a trader at Eldoret's main market, reveals that they have increased the prices of their commodities. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The economy grew by 6.8 per cent in the first three months of the year, the highest in 22 years, new data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has shown.

The expansion of gross domestic product (GDP), or the total value of all goods and services, compared to the same period last year has been attributed to increased economic activities after the country rolled back the containment measures aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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