Uhuru okays mini-budget, sets aside Sh34.4b to end fuel crisis

President Uhuru Kenyatta signs five parliamentary bills into law, April 4, 2022. [PSCU, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday signed into law the first Supplementary Budget for the 2021-22 financial year, paving the way for oil marketers to be paid their arrears under the fuel subsidy programme.

With the signing of the 2022 Supplementary I Appropriation Bill into law, the National Treasury will now release Sh34.4 billion that had been set aside to subsidise the price of petroleum products sold to consumers.