IMF Forces Kenya to End Fuel Subsidies, Driving Prices Up as ‘Hustler’ Champion Ruto Takes Office
Despite campaigning as a representative of the “hustlers” from whom he came, Kenyan President William Ruto was forced to implement a major policy change on his first day in office that’s sure to make the lives of Kenya’s poor citizens even harder: ending a fuel subsidy that had shielded them from global price hikes.