Cushion Kenyans from ever-rising cost of living

Friends enjoy a plate of meal at Koriema Butchery in Baringo county on January 27,2023. [Kipsang Joseph,Standard]

With the high cost of living expected to stretch into months ahead, every passing day puts a squeeze on Kenyans. The expectations that most of them had on the basis of the promises made in the pre-August 2022 election period are yet to be met.

Instead of making life easy for low income earners, now known as hustlers, the Ruto administration cast them adrift after yanking off subsidies on fuel, power and unga that the Jubilee government set up in January 2022 to cushion them against tough economic times occasioned by Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war. While the government explained the economic benefits of that painful move, the truth is that it aggravated the suffering of poor Kenyans.