| Published Tue, September 4th 2018 at 15:39, Updated September 4th 2018 at 15:47 GMT +3The High Court on Tuesday declined to suspend 16 percent VAT on fuel. Omtatah and activist Wyclife Nyakina had filed an urgent suit on Monday seeking the court’s intervention to suspend the new tax. They said it was insensitive and immoral for the Government to increase fuel prices at a time when the majority of Kenyans were struggling to make ends meet. Treasury enacted the new fuel tax measures on September 1 and the ERC adjusted fuel prices upwards. ALSO READ: Cheap fuel lures Kenyans to Uganda

Source: Standard Digital September 04, 2018 12:45 UTC