State pumps Sh16.7bn to marketers to keep fuel prices unchanged

An attendant at a fuel station in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday took charge of the fuel price review three weeks to the August polls as he sought to ensure that the rising fuel prices do not snowball into a political crisis.

This is after State House in an unprecedented move took charge of the process and that saw the government take a big hit to keep the prices unchanged in the month to August 14 to diffuse public outrage as Kenyans go to the ballot.

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