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Tough times as State sticks to fuel subsidy

Fuel pump

A fuel attendant holding a fuel pump at the filling station along Kimathi Street. The government on Tuesday increased the subsidy on kerosene by Sh4.08 from Sh19.41 per litre to Sh23.49 to cushion consumers from high fuel prices despite calls by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to end the scheme.


Photo credit:  Jeff Angote | Nation Media Group

The government on Tuesday increased the subsidy on kerosene by Sh4.08 from Sh19.41 per litre to Sh23.49 to cushion consumers from high fuel prices despite calls by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to end the scheme.

Kenyans consumed an average of 69,872,790 litres of kerosene monthly in the 2021/22 financial year, according to data from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra).