Kenya’s economy in numbers during Mwai Kibaki’s reign

Kenya’s third President Mwai Kibaki, now late, was hailed as a well-educated economist who governed Kenya with the aim of stabilising the economy.

Below is a summary of his performance:

GDP Growth

REVENUE COLLECTED

2002 – Sh200 billion 

2011 – Sh600 billion 

Energy

Electricity connection

2002 – 686.195 Connections

2012 – 2.11 Million connections

 Energy Centres

2002 – 10

2012 – 15

​Installed capacity 

2002 – 1,142 Megawatts 

2012 – 1,534 Megawatts 

Access to financial services

2002 – 1 Million Kenyans

2012 – 19 Million Kenyans

PUBLIC DEBT

2002 – $8.5 Billion 

2012 – $16.4 Billion

ICT

Owning a mobile phone

2002 – 2 Million Kenyans

2012 – 30 Million Kenyans

Access to internet

2002 – 250,000 Kenyans

2012 – 14 Million Kenyans

TRANSPORT

Funding for road maintenance and upgrading programmes 

2002 – Sh13 Billion

2008 – Sh90 Billion

2012 – Sh125 Billion

Kilometres of roads built

2012 – 7,000 kilometres rural roads improved, 50.4km Thika Superhighway built

HEALTH

 HIV/Aids patients

2002 – 10,000 patients on ARVs

2012 – 500,000 patients on ARVs

Full immunisation coverage for children under One Year 

2002 – 47 per cent

2012 – 83 per cent

EDUCATION

Primary School Enrollments

2002 – 6 Million children enrolled
2010 – 9.3 Million children enrolled

Secondary School Enrollments

2003 – ​ 882,000 

2010 – 1.7 Million 

Number of Higher Education institutions

2012 – 7 public universities, 24 constituent university colleges and 15 chartered private universities.