President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Sh2.6 trillion budget pain

Seuri Miciek sells belts and wallets in Nairobi's Pipeline. He says the cost of living has gone up to unbearable levels, pushing traders out of business. Miciek called on the Government to put up measures to ensure basic necessities like flour are affordable. [David Njaaga, Standard]

NAIROBI: President Uhuru Kenyatta will need Thursday’s Budget to reassure Kenyans ahead of his second stab at the Presidency.

With food prices a record high, the country’s economy reeling under a Sh3.8 trillion debt, and a number of pre-election promises yet to be fully fulfilled, Kenyans will be keenly listening as Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich outlines how the Government intends to spend their taxes in the run-up to the August 8 polls.