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'It doesn't make sense': Experts fault Rutonomics as being off-track

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President William Ruto receives a wheelbarrow during campaigns in Mathira, Nyeri, October 31, 2020. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

The balance between a high appetite for more revenue and fixing an ailing economy could be President William Ruto's biggest hurdle.

On the one hand, the Head of State is desperate for money to service the country's budget that is running a deficit and on the other, he has to bring down the cost of living to make life better for the populace.

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