Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has defended the Kenya Kwanza government's economic empowerment initiatives, stating they are integral to the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).

• Over 50 motorcycles were handed over to boda boda riders in Molo.
• DP Kindiki was accompanied by National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah and other prominent politicians.
• The government subsidized the cost of a 50-kilogram bag of fertilizer from Sh7,000 to Sh2,500.