EDITORIAL: Spur economic growth

The National Treasury building. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The Treasury wants to increase the national budget by Sh86 billion with majority of it going to development projects. In these tough economic times, this is good news. The government remains the biggest buyer of goods and services.

Projects such as roads, power plants, affordable housing and healthcare among others have the effect of putting money in private hands through demand for raw materials, which ultimately creates jobs and sales for companies.

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