The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday lending to Kenya's manufacturing sector was picking up, supporting expectations of robust economic growth. Economic expansion in the East African nation slowed to 4.1 percent in the first quarter of this year from 5.2 percent a year earlier. A
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