As the government moves to contain the fallout from recent fuel price hikes, questions are emerging over the consistency of the Executive’s economic narrative.
President William Ruto has defended the current handling of petroleum costs, hitting out at critics who compare Kenya’s pump prices to those of its East African neighbours, a comparison he has dismissed as fundamentally unfair.
The President maintains that Kenya’s status as a regional economic giant necessitates vastly different fiscal measures than those of its neighbours, yet this defence is now placing him at odds with a growing number of observers who are contrasting his current position with his 2022 campaign rhetoric.
