Plan for fuel hedge fund shelved until next year

Energy PS Joseph Njoroge. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya’s plan to set up a petroleum fund that will hedge consumer fuel prices against global changes has been shelved until end of next year.

Energy principal secretary Joseph Njoroge on Tuesday said the fund, which was first announced in 2015, would be set up at the Treasury in the next financial year starting July 1.

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