The most direct method to do this was to lower long-term interest rates through longer-term lending and purchases of long-term government bonds by central banks. However, from the perspective of economic theory, opinions were split as to whether central banks can push down longer-term interest rates, with one view holding that this is possible and the other that it is not.
Kenya’s economy has remained strong, growing at an average of 5.6 percent during the period 2011-2015, which was higher than the SSA average growth of 4.3 percent. The  growth averaged 6.1 percent in the first half of 2016 and is projected at 6.0 percent in 2016, up from 5.6 percent in 2015.