No. 80/2023-2024 - Assessing Labour Productivity for Kisumu County - By Cecilia Naeku and Esther Irungu

The county also hosts the Kisumu Port, which is destined to be a major hub for the import and export of goods in the region. [...] The revival of the passenger rail services from Nairobi to Kisumu in 2021 is another significant investment contributing to the dominance of transport and storage services in the county. [...] 80/2023-2024 8 Contribution of sectors to service GVA In all the sub-counties of Kisumu County the youthful working ages 18-34 are the majority with the urban sub-counties of Kisumu East, Kisumu Central, and Kisumu West having the highest youthful working age population as observed in Table 2. [...] Despite the higher share of employment in the service sector, the output of the sector remains low with the sector having high levels of informality. [...] The transport in and out of Kisumu city from the rural areas of the county and outside the county shows significant employment in the county.