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SNA 2008 Implementation
strategy
Collins Omondi
Kenya
Background
• Implementation process of SNA 1993 commenced in
2001 and the first estimates for the period 1996 to
2003 were released in 2005
• Current base year 2001
• Approach
Production and Expenditure used
Introduction
Annual numbers
• GDP ( real and nominal ) by both the production and
expenditure approaches with a lag of 5 months to
the reference period
Quarterly
• GDP by activity at constant prices with a lag of one
quarter to the reference period
Introduction
• In line with international recommendations,
the base year for national accounts at
constant prices should be updated every five
to seven years. Rebased national accounts for
Kenya (base year 2001) were released in 2005.
• Current revision and rebasing process started
in 2006
Institutional Arrangements 2
Funding
• Main source of funding; Central Government
• Statcap
• Macro Economic and Financial Management
Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa
(MEFMI) - missions only
• SCB project
Institutional Arrangements
MOU s
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
• A letter of agreement in force
Revision Process
• New data sources of data are available for the
revised estimates: the 2009 Census of
Industrial Production (CIP), the 2005/06 Kenya
Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS)
and the VAT-records from the Kenya Revenue
Authority (KRA).
Other data sources
• Detailed trade data on values and quantities
• VAT returns on turnover provided at a detailed
level of ISIC classification(from Kenya Revenue
Authority - KRA)
• Monthly Survey of Industrial Production (MSIP)
data on values and quantities of production
• Data from monthly survey of hotels on bed
occupancy
• PPI-manufacturing
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Review of ANA methodology
A review was done by East-Afritac
Recommendations were made
The recommendations are being addressed and
will be implemented to extent possible during
the revision and rebasing of ANA
• Revised annual series will be released in April
2014
• SUT 2009 will be ready by end of April 2014
Challenges Encountered 1
Data
• Insufficient resources for data collection
• Inadequate capacities (producers) to estimate
and compile requisite data
• Time constraint
Compilation issues
• Many assumptions and estimations/guesstimates
used and have not been validated due to lack of
relevant studies or data.
Challenges Encountered 2
Institutional issues
• Shortage of staff across all technical
directorates in the Bureau
• National accounts may not be able to get the
staffing levels required
• Financial constraint
Other initiatives
NSDS
• Process of developing the Strategy by 2014
• Review of the statistics Act
• Harmonization of National Accounts in the
region
END