{"id":155168,"date":"2025-11-27T06:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/155168\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T06:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:04:08","slug":"construction-sector-rebounds-after-a-lull-to-lift-struggling-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/155168\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction sector rebounds after a lull to lift struggling economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d8rb4CUMPBceglEzk0aHrIMTc07p6fPrGbamG2uP.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nPipeline estate in Nairobi.[FILE]&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">For years, Kenya\u2019s booming construction sector was a bellwether for the economy, earning the country a reputation as a perpetual big construction site during the administrations of Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta.\u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>This was not the case last year, when the sector slumped into contraction for the first time in years, dragged down by a credit crunch and developer struggles.<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Uncover the stories others won\u2019t tell. Subscribe now for exclusive access\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    Unlimited access to all premium content<br \/>\n                    Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience<br \/>\n                    Mobile-optimized reading experience<br \/>\n                    Weekly Newsletters<br \/>\n                    MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted<\/p>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va0PRAYGk1Fo4ODHAg0b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Follow The Standard<br \/>\n                                    channel<br \/>\n                                    on WhatsApp<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Pipeline estate in Nairobi.[FILE]&#13; For years, Kenya\u2019s booming construction sector was a bellwether for the economy, earning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[93979,114,93980,93978,184,85,46],"class_list":["post-155168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-building-sites","tag-business","tag-construction-cost","tag-construction-in-kenyaconstruction-business","tag-economy","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}