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State should also live within its means as Kenyans feel the pinch

President William Ruto meets KEPSA and KNCCI leaders at State House, Nairobi. [PCS]

The recent opinion poll's revelation that the biggest problem for majority of Kenyans is the high costs of living with no traction being felt since the Kenya Kwanza government took reins of leadership.

The problem is worsened by escalating unemployment, lack of money for spending, high inflation, and depreciation of the shilling. We depend on imported petroleum and its products whose global price fluctuations and transportation costs are too high and unsustainable, negatively impacting the price of electricity, fuel, and cooking gas.

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