Wholesale and retail trade;
repair of motor vehicles and
household and personal goods
By
Mathew Oduor
Kenya National Bureau of
Statistics
Introduction
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The Government through reform agenda enacted the
new Statistics Act 2006 that replaced the Statistics
Act CAP 112, enacted in 1962 to meet the challenges
posed by increased demand for information. The Act
established the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
(KNBS), a Semi- Autonomous Government Agency
responsible for coordination, supervision and
development of a National Statistical System that
collects, analyzes and disseminates national statistics
as well as develops and maintain a national statistical
database. The Act commenced operation from 1st
February 2007.
Establishment based
Surveys/administrative records
Establishment based Surveys/administrative records
 Monthly Survey of Industrial Production survey
 Labour force survey
Annual
 Bussiness expectation enquiry
 Foreign trade statistics
Monthly
 Banking and insurance data
Annual
 Hotels and conferences statistics Monthly
 Migration Statistics
Monthy
 Government Finance Statistics
Annual
 Agriculture statistics
Monthly
 Transport and Communication
Monthly/Annual
Outline
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Wholesale and retail trade
Repair of motor vehicles and household and personal
goods
Wholesale and retail trade
Output
 is measured by total value of the trade margins
realised on the goods they purchase for resale.
Trade margin:
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The difference between the revenue of goods
sold and the value of goods purchased for resale
Definition of Output in 1993
SNA
Value of output
= The value of sales, including sales at reduced
prices
+ Value of other uses of goods purchased for resale
(e.g. remuneration in kind to employees)
- Value of goods purchased for resale
+ The value of additions to inventories of goods for
resale
- the value of goods withdrawn from the inventories
of goods for resale
- The value of recurrent losses due to normal rates
of wastage theft or accidental damage
Output
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Calculated as the sum of adjusted trade margins in
the commodity flows both at current and constant
prices.
An addition of 10% is made for a likely
underestimation of margins on goods sold for
intermediate consumption and for services that are
not included in the trade margins.
Intermediate consumption
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Estimated at 54% of output.
Compensation of employees

The Labour Enumeration Survey (LES) .
Repair of motor vehicles and
household and personal goods
Output.
Benchmark for 2001 is estimated by:
The number of cars * average cost for repair and
maintenance.
Constant Prices:
Extrapolated (run forward) with the number of
vehicles for the estimates.
Current prices
Derived by reflation with CPI, transport.
Intermediate consumption
is estimated at 55% of output, which is based on
evidence from other countries
Problems/weaknesses
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Business register
No major survey done, most of these ratios are based
on other countries experiences
Dissemination
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Mainly disseminated through:
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The annual economic survey report
The annual statistical abstract
KNBS website
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