With the latest hike in fuel prices, Kenya now has the 12th most costly fuel in the continent with a litre of petrol average retailing at over Ksh.200.
So deep is the pain at the pump that motorists are finding it hard to keep their engines running and ordinary Kenyans are being forced to dig deeper into their pockets.
Subsequently, illegal fuel products are now being smuggled into the country simply because they are sourced at cheaper prices.
Citizen TV went to the border town of Moyale where the business of illicit fuel from imports from neighbouring Ethiopia is booming.