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With tyranny of numbers, Kenya Kwanza can only offer painful menu

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President William Ruto speaks during a rally in Chogoria on July 13, 2023. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

Kenya is a great country. I love it totally. In an earlier life, a very smart Treasury advisor once told me that we are premier league footballers playing Sunday league football.

A current, equally smart, advisor to government offered the insight that Kenyans don't want development, we want services. Between these advisories, we have the difference between the economy and the budget.

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