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A man carries petrol in a plastic container on Koinange Street, Nairobi at the height of the fuel crisis across the country. [Wilberforce Okwiri
The recent biting fuel shortage in Kenya was a blot on the government’s reputation, highlighting the reason it should let the market do its work.
But this is unlikely to happen in an election year. It could happen after the polls, depending on who wins the presidential race. Too focused on fuel shortage, we forgot there are other more serious shortages.
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