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Education, energy sectors win in Sh4tr Ruto budget

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Junior Secondary school teachers in Nakuru on a peaceful demonstration in Nakuru City on May 13, 2024, urging the government to employ them under permanent terms. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Parliament's approval of a Sh4 trillion budget has exposed the areas President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza administration is prioritising.

In a session that ran into the night, the National Assembly on Thursday gave the nod to the 2024/2025 revenue budget estimates and laid the basis for the consideration of the Appropriations Bill next week.

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