IMF criticises Ruto government for continuing fuel subsidies

A pump attendant at the Rubis petrol station along Koinange Street, Nairobi, fuels a vehicle.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has hit out at Kenya over the re-introduction of the fuel subsidy scheme on grounds that lack of funds to pay oil marketers will lead to distortion of the budget.

The IMF said that the government re-introduced the subsidy despite lack of funds to pay oil marketers with the Treasury yet to pay the firms at least Sh9 billion that has accumulated from last year.

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