Nairobi. Kenyan public transport operators called off a strike that was due to resume next week after President William Ruto announced on Friday that the government would cut diesel prices by more than 4 percent.
Public transporters staged a two-day strike this week against the rise in fuel prices in the wake of the Iran war.
That brought economic activity in the capital Nairobi to a standstill, and devolved into clashes between protesters and police that left four people dead and about 30 injured.
In a televised speech on Friday, Ruto said he had directed that the cost of diesel be cut by 10 Kenyan shillings ($0.0772) per litre in the June-July pricing cycle to provide additional relief to consumers.
The government, which each month sets a maximum fuel retail price that marketing companies can charge customers, last week hiked diesel prices by 23.5 percent to 242.92 Kenyan shillings a litre for the May-June pricing cycle, but reduced them by 10 shillings on Monday in response to the strike.
