With polls done, you can as well kiss State subsidies goodbye

A shopper buys subsidised maize flour at a supermarket in Nakuru. ]Harun Wathari, Standard]

The prices of essential commodities such as maize flour, cooking oil and petroleum products have hit record highs this year.

Kenyans have as a result had to dig deeper into their pockets to meet their daily needs, but it could have been worse were it not for government subsidies.