Do more to kick-start economy and bail out suffering Kenyans

Men on a mkokoteni being hauled by a boda boda rider at Mwitoti along the busy Kakamega- Mumias road. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

We are certainly in a precarious position economically. The debt to GDP ratio is higher than at any other time in history.

The unemployment rate remains a constant worry to the president. The shilling continues to tank against the dollar, exacerbating an already fragile situation as the cost of importation and, subsequently, that of doing business goes through the roof.