CS Mbadi's budget to hurt farmers, school children and varsity students

President William Ruto’s government has cut critical programmes, including the school feeding programme, fertiliser and seeds subsidy, and university students plan, in a tight Sh4.23 trillion budget to be read on Thursday.

The slashing of those initiatives that directly benefit millions of Kenyans, largely at the bottom of the economic pyramid, has triggered anxiety amongst Members of Parliament who are now working with the exchequer to source funds or risk public uproar.