Kenyans worry about increasing cost of food as Treasury prepares budget statement

Charles Awiti, prepares food for his customers at his small food kiosk in Nairobi's Pipeline on March 29 2017.He says the cost of living has lately gone up to unbearable levels, pushing small business people like him out of market. Awiti, calls for the government to put up measures to ensure basic necessities like flour are available at affordable prices. PHOTO DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD

NAIROBI: Walking along the filthy, narrow alleys that separate the tin shanties of Mukuru kwa Njenga slums in Nairobi feels like wandering in a post-historic earth; an earth where civilisation is lost.

Mukuru is where I meet Charles Awiti, a 31-year-old father of three who owns a small, ramshackle hotel built right in the centre of a garbage heap.