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Brace for hard times ahead, Kenya Kwanza leaders now tell Kenyans

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Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

On June 30 last year, Deputy President William Ruto criticised President Uhuru Kenyatta over rising cost of living.

Speaking during the launch of his manifesto, Ruto, who was at the time the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential candidate, said the tough economic times Kenyans were facing had no connection with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

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