Expensive fuel looms as IMF drops support for subsidy

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A Total fuel station in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has set a fresh loan condition requiring Kenya to drop the fuel subsidy programme by October, exposing motorists to a sharp rise in pump prices.

The multilateral lender has inserted the removal of the subsidy under the 38-month budget support scheme, in the list of reforms attached to a Sh270.2 billion ($2.34 billion) loan package.

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