Women short variety of fruits at the Eldoret Air supermarket. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) will meet in two days to decide whether to hold or increase its benchmark lending rate in the face of high inflation and a weakened Shilling.
The financial hardships are squeezing consumers hard, posing an economic and political problem for President William Ruto's new administration.
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