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Record high fuel prices to worsen cost of living for Kenyans

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A display of the current fuel prices at Rubis Petrol station along Koinange street, Nairobi on September 15, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Kenyans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to purchase basic commodities as inflation is tipped to edge up on Thursday's historic surge of fuel prices.

Families already hammered by a high cost of living face even more pain from the massive blow of soaring fuel prices to record highs from Thursday midnight.

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