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After a difficult year, will Govt dig itself out of financial hole?

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Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah, Treasury CS Njuguna Ndungu, Majority Chief Whip Silvanus Osoro and Kilifi North MP Owen Baya at Parliament during Budget Day, June 15, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

As Kenyans usher in the New Year, they will collectively breathe a sigh of relief having seen off 2023.

The just-ended year is one to forget for a majority of Kenyans having been characterised by economic hardship, political uncertainty, and relentless cost-of-living crisis.

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