The Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) has also been instrumental in providing the necessary software for processing the data generated through the surveys and in capacity building both at the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and the Central Bank (CBK). Indeed, the 2015 Foreign Investment Survey will be conducted and financed exclusively by both KNBS and CBK.
5. While the overall position on Kenya’s Balance of Payments has been positive, the current account has weakened over time on account of both rapidly growing capital imports associated with the momentum of economic growth. Kenya’s export growth has been sluggish while the tourism sector, our traditional source of foreign exchange earnings, has been reflecting negative growth rate.