Fuel subsidy cost Sh81bn by June, official data shows

Motorists fuel at the Kileleshwa Shell Petrol Station in Nairobi. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG

Kenya spent Sh81 billion to keep fuel prices low in the financial year ended June highlighting the adverse impact of the scheme on the county’s budget that prompted its removal last week.

Latest data from the Controller of Budget (CoB) shows that Treasury freed up the billions from the exchequer in the first and second supplementary budget, preventing fuel prices from surging in the wake of the global rally in crude prices.

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