President William Ruto delivered a "bullish" State of the Nation Address on Thursday, asserting Kenya's economic recovery and dismissing critics as "high priests of eternal pessimism." He presented "clear, verifiable, and indisputable" evidence of progress since 2022.

• Inflation has dropped from 9.6 percent in 2022 to 4.6 percent, with the Kenya shilling stabilizing at 129 to the US dollar.
• The President announced the cancer treatment package under the Social Health Authority (SHA) will expand from Sh550,000 to Sh800,000, effective December 1.
• Kenya's GDP has grown from Sh115 billion to Sh136 billion, making it Africa’s sixth-largest economy, with US$12 billion in foreign reserves.