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Bottom-up promises will cost Sh2.7tr in five years

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Martin Kanyi and Dancun Momanyi, shoe sellers in Nairobi. Businesses have been hurting because of the poor economy. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

It will cost up to Sh2.7 trillion for President William Ruto's administration to implement its rosy promises over the next five years, a new report shows.

The Sh2.67 trillion is the total war chest required over a five-year period by the new administration with the first year requiring Sh473 billion, about a fifth of the total amount.

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