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.

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.