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Once upon a rally, deep in the heart of Migori, the air crackled with tension. The sun blazed overhead as President Ruto stood tall, preparing to unveil his latest economic masterstroke- not a one-million-chapati machine this time, but a marvel at how he was focused on transforming households from the chains of high cost of living that would ensure no stomach ever rumbled in hunger again.
The crowd, weary and skeptical, shifted uneasily. Their pockets were empty, their flour prices high, and their hopes lower still. The promise of instant, affordable cost of living wasn't musical in their ears. Just a few months, ago, they are yet to see the model of the one million chapatis machine that they thought would iquickly find it's way to Kuria West, Migori. This promise did little to quiet the simmering frustration.
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