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Post-poll hard times await Kenyans as subsidies end
An elderly woman collects spilled government subsidised maize at the National Cereals and Produce Board in Kabarnet, Baringo county, last month. Life is bound to get tougher for Kenyans as the incoming government must end the subsidy programme due to its unsustainability. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Millions of Kenyans could be staring at hard economic times after the General Election next week as many of the pre-election subsidies running into billions of shillings are set to end with the campaign season.
The government, keen not to placate voters, has philanthropically pumped huge sums of money into subsidies that are timed to expire just after the elections, leaving millions exposed to the harsh realities after the political courtship season ends at the ballot.
