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Fuel subsidy saves motorists from hike in pump prices

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A fuel pump assistant fueling a vehicle at a petrol station along Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Kenyans have been spared a hike in the cost of fuel over the next one month as the government increased the subsidy on petroleum products.

The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) today reduced the pump prices for kerosene and diesel by Sh2 a litre for the two products. However, the price of petrol was not changed.

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