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Fuel prices: CS Kuria tells Kenyans to stop crying more than the French

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Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria. [Standard,File]

The government has continued to distance itself from the rise in fuel prices in the country despite a push from Kenyans and opposition leaders urging it to control the cost of living.

Speaking in Laikipia County on Monday, August 18, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria insisted that the government does not have the ability to reduce the price of fuel.

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