“Can’t do anything over high fuel prices,” President Ruto
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President William Ruto now says his hands are tied over the hign fuel prices in the country
President William Ruto now says his hands are tied over the hign fuel prices in the country.
On Tuesday, 7, November, President Ruto convened parliamentary group meeting
in which over 200 MPs in the the Kenya Kwanza Coalition attended.
The main topic of discussion was the high cost of living, which is mostly due to the increase in fuel costs.
According to sources with knowledge of the meeting, leaders expressed worry over the rising cost of fuel, which is making life difficult for millions of Kenyans and making the regime unpopular with the populace.
The sources revealed that the issue was causing the president lose sleep as his hands are tied over the high fuel prices.
Kenya Kwanza MPs will also convene again next week as a Parliamentary Group for a discussion over the skyrocketing cost of fuel, which is still causing hardship for Kenyans at the pump.
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Meanwhile, MPs questioned Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir during his appearance before the National Assembly Energy Committee over Kenya’s inability to lower fuel prices in comparison to its neighboring states.
“Tanzania as we speak prices are going down while in Kenya the prices are going up,” said an MP.
In his response, Chirchir said: “The product in Tanzania or Uganda will not be cheaper than Kenya on account of freight and premium it will be because of taxes. We will always be lower on freight and premium and that’s why I said we need a wider scope of time to discuss and take members through what was negotiated.”
The Ministry of Energy officials have also attributed the differences in fuel prices in the country with our neighbours to the dollar exchange rate which has seen their currencies gain against the Kenya shilling.
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