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Ruto orders budget cuts in ministries amid tough economic times

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President William Ruto during the Climate Summit at KICC in Nairobi on September 06, 2023. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

President William Ruto has directed ministries to cut their 2023/2024 budgets by 10 per cent to align expenditures with available resources amidst the global economic stress.

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