After a difficult year, will Govt dig itself out of financial hole?

Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah, Treasury CS Njuguna Ndungu, Majority Chief Whip Silvanus Osoro and Kilifi North MP Owen Baya at Parliament during Budget Day, June 15, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

As Kenyans usher in the New Year, they will collectively breathe a sigh of relief having seen off 2023.

The just-ended year is one to forget for a majority of Kenyans having been characterised by economic hardship, political uncertainty, and relentless cost-of-living crisis.