Nairobi, May 7 -- The exuberance of Kenya becoming a newly industrialised middle-income country as envisaged in the Vision 2030 has been gradually dimming.

Retrospectively, the dwindling marginal contribution of manufacturing sector to the economic growth has aborted Kenya's vision of becoming an industrial hub.

However, a recent collaborative economic transformation assessment between Kippra and Africa Centre for Economic Transformation offer a prognosis.

The assessment embodies an appraisal of Kenya's economic transformation as chronicled in the Kenya County Economic Development Outlook (Ceto). Kenya Ceto applies a growth analytical framework to evaluate diversification among other indicators. Diversification measures the relative si...