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State diverts Sh58bn rail levy to fuel subsidy

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Auditor-General, Nancy Gathungu in Naivasha where she attended the Senate mid-term review and planning retreat on February 6, 2025.

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By  John Mutua

Business Reporter

Nation Media Group

The State illegally withdrew Sh58 billion from the Railway Development Fund (RDLF) to subsidise pump prices in the year to June 2024, marking the latest breach of public finance management.

Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu made the revelations in a review of the period when the government on several occasions subsidised pump prices to cushion consumers from costly fuel.

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