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From Big Four to Beta: Ruto's economic recovery plan for Kenya

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President William Ruto during the International Labour Organization, World of Work Summit, in Geneva, Switzerland. [PCS]

The 2023/2024 Budget has presented to Kenyans a five-point Bottom Up Economic Transformation Agenda (Beta) plan that President William Ruto seeks to utilise to turn around the country's fortune and deliver inclusive growth.

Beta is the slogan that informed the President's campaign that rallied behind the hustlers. The agenda, however, is not too far from the Big Four Agenda that his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta had.

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