The drop is seen as a move by the government to tame runaway inflation that settled at 6.5 per cent in July.

The drop is seen as a move by the government to tame runaway inflation that settled at 6.5 per cent in July.

A litre of diesel should have dropped by Sh19.28 per litre to Sh203.58 in Nairobi in line with the fall in global prices, but it only dropped by Sh5 to Sh217.86.