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Eyes on Ruto over fuel taxes as businesses count losses
Police lobbed teargas to disperse protesters outside the Kenya National Archives during the high fuel price demos in Nairobi city centre on May 18, 2026.
A majority of shops and businesses remained closed yesterday in Nairobi and major towns in the country following protests and a nationwide public transport strike over fuel price hikes, triggering billions of shillings in losses.
Key roads in Nairobi remained largely empty, forcing some commuters to walk to work, with other parts of the country like Nakuru, Mombasa and Eldoret also affected by the transport crisis.
