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Budget 2011 is engineered for hard times

When Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta unveiled the Budget on Wednesday, it had all the subtlety that makes it ideal for the hard economic times we are experiencing as a country.

His 2011-2012 Budget made a serious attempt to provide solutions for the high commodity prices and also set ambitious targets for public spending, which has been the key driver of growth of the economy.

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