Former President William Ruto’s senior economic advisor, Moses Kuria, has predicted that April will be the toughest and most brutal month of all time.
Taking to his official X account on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, the former Public Service and Trade Cabinet Secretary attributed his claims to the ongoing war between Iran, Israel, and the United States.
According to Kuria, the real effects of the war in Iran will take a toll on the global economy in April.
“April will be the toughest and most brutal month of all times. The real effects of the regrettable war in Iran will take a toll on the global economy. The Hormuz effects of energy supply disruptions will hammer the global economy,” Kuria stated.
Kuria went ahead to note that the country will witness hiked fuel prices in the month of April, noting that the prices are set to range between Ksh230 and Ksh250 per litre.
However, he warned that the Kenya Kwanza administration should avoid succumbing to pressure to introduce subsidies.
According to him, the effects of subsidies and foregoing taxes will be hard to be done away with two years after the war.
“In countries like Kenya, pump prices will end up in the region of Ksh 230 to Ksh 250 per litre. There will be pressure and temptations to apply knee-jerk and short-term solutions such as subsidies and foregoing tax revenues. This must be avoided at all costs. Messing up with the macroeconomic gains achieved so far will come with consequences that can not be undone even 2 years after the war,” he wrote on X.
“As a nation, we must collectively swallow the bitter Hormuz inflation pill while hoping that Netanyahu, Trump, and the faceless IRGC leadership in Tehran come back to their senses to save the world.”
