Ensure no Kenyan starves

Pedestrians crossing traffic lights at Uhuru Highway [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Reports that inflation has hit a 16-month high is worrying given that Kenyans are still grappling with the negative effects of Covid-19 pandemic.

It is important that the government swiftly puts in place measures that will cushion consumers from deleterious inflationary pressures to ensure that they afford basic commodities such as food and fuel.