The real output per worker in the non-agricultural sectors had increased by only about 1 per cent per year in the period from 1985 to 1995, but rose at an average annual rate of nearly 41/2 per cent from 1995 to the first half of 2002. Higher labour productivity was the combined result of an increase in output and a reduction in formal-sector employment.
In order to empower you to undertake this role, the Central Bank would like to contribute, within its means, to the development of a budding financial journalism sector in Kenya through appropriate capacity building programmes for business journalists. As Kenya aspires to become a regional financial hub, the role of financial journalists cannot be gainsaid.