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Power must always be used to make Kenyans' lives better, spur economy

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Power must be deployed to make the lives of Kenyans better. [iStockphoto]

Recently, while receiving my haircut, my barber Jacinta confided in me how their business was suffering. She mentioned that some clients only come for completion of hair care processes that they had already started working on at home.

Evidently, economic times are so difficult that consumers are resorting to saving in whatever way they can. This economic downturn is indeed a global phenomenon that has prompted the International Monetary Fund to warn that the world economy is headed for stormy waters. Against this bleak economic backdrop, we should do the following three things to make the lives of Kenyans better.

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