Wandayi defends government measures to stabilize fuel prices amid global oil shock

As the global energy market reels from the shockwaves of the conflict in the Middle East, Kenya’s energy cabinet secretary Opiyo Wandayi has stepped forward to defend the state’s interventions to cushion Kenyans. With fuel prices threatening to spiral out of control, the CS insists that without a strategic mix of subsidies, tax cuts, and the G-to-G (government-to-government) framework, the pump price would have reached a breaking point for the common mwananchi.