The country’s economy is set to grow to 7.2 per cent in year 2027/2028, up from the 4.8 per cent achieved in 2022, Public Service, Performance, and Delivery Management Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has said.
Kuria was speaking in Nairobi during the launch of the Fourth Medium Term Plan (MTP IV) 2023-2027, a five-year plan that is aligned to the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) with the aim of turning around the country’s economy.
The CS, who was accompanied by the Principal Secretary in the State Department of Wildlife, Silvia Museiya, at the event held at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, said he will monitor the delivery and performance of the MTP IV Plan to ensure the team working on the agenda delivers.
“I am confident that by the year 2027 the government will achieve its goal of growing up the economy to 7 percent,” said Kuria, while urging Kenyans to be optimistic regarding economic growth and stop spreading negativity that the economy is not doing well.
The CS at the same time encouraged the Nairobi county team not to stoop low to societal vices like tribalism and corruption, but instead, being a cosmopolitan area, serve as an example to other counties, saying if all regions contribute towards the 7 per cent, the country will realise its goals.
Nairobi County Priority Projects in MTP IV include the construction and rehabilitation of railway and road works, which include the completion of Nairobi Expressway, the completion of Nairobi Railway City, the construction of the 10 km Embakasi village-Ruai Commuter line, the 21 km Nairobi Central Station-JKIA MGR, the 26 James-Gichuru junction-Rironi road, the Nairobi-Thika Highway Improvement Projects Lot 1 and 2, the Nairobi Western Bypass, and the Nairobi Express Way.
By Bernadette Khaduli
