Billions in fuel fund idle as consumers pay high prices

Fuel pumps at a petrol station in Nairobi, February 18th, 2021 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A fuel subsidy meant to cushion Kenyans from the high cost of fuel is unlikely to materialise any time soon as the Government delays mechanisms to operationalise it.

This is despite a sharp rise in the cost of fuel, which has attracted the ire of Kenyans. The high pump prices are coming at a time Kenyans are reeling from the effects of Covid-19 and can ill afford spikes in the cost of transport and goods.