President William Ruto has convened a five-day cabinet retreat in Nyeri.
The meeting will bring together Cabinet secretaries, members of the executive and Principal secretaries.
Top advisors of the government will also be part of the meeting.
The meeting will be chaired by Ruto.
The agenda is to adopt the administration's economic transformation plan based on priority areas such as food security and job creation.
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The President in his new message said the government is committed to getting the country back on the path of economic recovery.
Ruto said the government will not shy away from making tough decisions aimed at enabling sustainable economic growth.
He said the removal of subsidies has had a positive impact on the economy with more income generated from tax collected.
"I have had to take bold measures to ensure the country is recovering. The removal of subsidies was necessary to get our country back on the economic recovery," Ruto said.
He added that there was no way the country would have continued with subsidies and remained afloat economically.
He termed it as a strategy deployed for political expediency.
Ruto said the government has rolled out a raft of measures to ensure its revenue collection doubles.
He said this will enable the country to develop based on its resources and not through debts.
Ruto said that he has drawn lessons from Former President Mwai Kibaki's school of thought that a country cannot prosper through excess borrowing.
He assured Kenyans that though the measures may now result in dire consequences, they will in the long run appreciate the benefits that will be realized.
