Broke Nation, Fat Government: The Curse of the Capitalist State
Kenya is not a poor country—it is a country where poverty has become policy. Agriculture contributes roughly 20% of GDP and employs millions, yet food prices remain painfully high. More than 80% of Kenyan workers survive in the informal economy, often without stable income or social protection, while an estimated 800,000 young people enter the job market every year with too few formal jobs waiting. At the same time, public debt has climbed beyond KSh 11 trillion, and every new budget seems to demand higher taxes instead of higher production. Ordinary Kenyans are told to tighten their belts while the…
