Weak competition in key sectors stifling jobs growth, World Bank says

Qimiao Fan, World Bank Division Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda.

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The World Bank Group has linked entrenched market dominance and weak competition in sectors such as electricity, telecommunications and fertiliser distribution to stagnating investments and expansion of formal jobs in Kenya.

The multilateral lender said in a report that domination by a few powerful players in the key economic sectors is raising business costs, suppressing investments and constraining expansion of firms that drive formal employment.

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