Kenya Hikes Gasoline Pump Prices Sharply on Iran War
Drivers wait to refuel at a gas station in Karatina, Kenya on April 9.
Photographer: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty ImagesKenya pump prices jumped to the highest in nearly three years as the fallout from the war on Iran reverberates across economies.
Fuel prices are a top contributor to inflation in Eastern Africa’s biggest economy and have a snowball effect on the cost of food, transport, electricity and manufacturing.