Gloomy festive season as fuel prices set to rise in coming months

A petrol station attendant fuels a car.

A petrol station attendant fuels a car. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

East African governments are staring at an expensive festive season due to a possible surge in fuel prices triggered by a cut in global crude supply and the rise in transit tolls in Suez Canal.

The international crude supply disruptions occasioned by the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been largely blamed on the skyrocketing fuel prices, in addition to domestic taxes which constitute more than 50 percent of the pump prices.