Kenya: Prepare for Pain As Henry Rotich Reads New Budget

Shortly before 3pm on Thursday, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich will leave his 14th floor office at the Treasury, take a reserved lift together with a retinue of aides for the short walk to Parliament buildings. There he will pose for the media and display the briefcase that contains his proposals to fund the ambitious Sh3 trillion budget for 2018/9 fiscal year.

That is as far as the niceties will go, at least for consumers and high income earners who are expected to shoulder the heaviest burden of a programme aimed at accelerating economic growth after the election-induced stagnation of last year.

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