The Finance Bill, 2024 has come as a shocker to not only the taxpayers but also recipients of government services. The axe of austerity has fallen, indiscriminately chopping off the budgets for important social expenditure such as the national school feeding programme.
The programme has been a lifeline to many school children countrywide, making a major contribution to increased school attendance rates. It also reduces stunting in children, improving nutritional outcomes and thus their learning outcomes.
