State imports

The value of the services of the public by the departments of the United States of America

Order of Sh22.33 billion in the January-April period, at 133.17 per cent compared to a bill of Sh9.58 trillion paid in the same period in 2017, data collated by the Central Bank of Kenya shows.

That is the largest four-month event since President Uhuru Kenyatta took the reins of power in April 2013 with a directive to ministries and parastatals to stop the importation of goods.

The CBK data It does not give particulars of the imports and bad of all kinds of furniture, textiles, paper products, food, arms, machinery, fuel and lubricants.

Mr Kenyatta said on December 9, 2014 that min "Buy Kenyan and Build Kenya" initiative.

He went ahead to increase the local content quota in government to 30 percent.

The presidential directive is intended to provide at least 40 per cent of the provisions to state ministries and parastatals, including direct orders by the government organs, are sourced locally. 19659004] Compared with Sh2.35 trillion in 2013.

Sh41.72 billion from Sh10 .09 billion in 2013 and Sh18.15 billion in 2014.

Kenya remains a net import country with import orders – both government and commercial – rising 6.86 per cent to Sh589.62 trillion in Shinning of Sh211.71 billion in exports, a growth of 8.21 percent.

This resulted in a trade deficit of Sh377.91 billion compared with Sh356.11 billion in the same period of 2017.A wider