We must produce more at home to tackle the challenges facing us

Workers fabricating parts at Auto Springs factory in Limuru, Kiambu County. [Esther Jeruto, Standard]

The biggest challenges many Kenyans face are the high cost of living, poverty, disease, inequality and youth unemployment.

Others include insufficient transparency and accountability, climate change, continued weak private sector investment and stagnated economic growth due to the Covid-19 pandemic.