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Don't allow Kenya to go the way of Sri Lanka

Members and supporters of Sri Lanka's opposition the National People's Power Party march towards Colombo from Beruwala, during a protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 19, 2022 [Reuters, Navesh Chitrakar]

Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Monday following days of nation-wide protests over the cost of food and fuel that had driven inflation to 30 per cent up from just six per cent in August last year.

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