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State must do more to ease cost of living

A woman with a child on her back sells roasted maize to her customers. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

This year’s Labour Day comes at a time when Kenyans are enduring one of their most difficult times.

The cost of living has shot up, made worse by prolonged drought, high fuel prices amid a shortage, and lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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