State in a fix on lowering cost of living amid effort to reduce debt

A supermarket attendant stocks cooking oil at a supermarket in Kakamega town. Prices of most basic items are at record high. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

Over the past few days the government has been on the defensive in response to broad concern over the high cost of living.

This comes in the wake of a biting cash crunch that has delayed the salaries for public sector workers in both the national and county governments, leaving the State scrambling for explanations.