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Fuel stations close as pump sales drop amid shrinking profits and high business costs

A pump attendant fuels a car in Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The likelihood that fuel costs could go higher is squeezing motorists more at a time when they are grappling with the high cost of the commodity.

On Monday, Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir hinted that the cost could go up to Sh300 per litre due to the Israel-Hamas war.

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