The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has announced that fuel prices will remain unchanged for the period between May 15th and June 14th, 2025, despite significant decreases in the landing costs of imported petroleum products. In the period under review, the maximum allowed petroleum pump prices for Super Petrol, Diesel and Kerosene is Sh174.73; […]
The state has tripled the petroleum regulatory levy on every litre of fuel purchased.The Ministry of Energy last week increased the levy from Sh0.25 to Sh0.75 per litre, as revealed by the recently published Energy (Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority Petroleum Levy) Regulations, 2024. The increase, effective February 15, 2024, aims to fund the operations […]
Electricity consumers have over the years been overbilled owing to malpractices in the procurement of heavy fuel oil that thermal power producers use to generate electricity. A forensic audit on the procurement of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by the thermal Independent Power Producers (IPPs) by the Auditor General shows that consumers paid billions of shillings […]
Human rights activist Francis Awino has filed a petition before High Court in Nairobi seeking to declare the appointment of Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) Director General Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria as null and void claiming that his recruitment didn’t meet the legal threshold and that he’s unqualified. The suit against EPRA boss comes days […]
Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has reduced pump price for a litre of diesel and super petrol by Kshs. 5 while a litre of Kerosene will retail at Kshs. 7.28 cheaper beginning midnight. In the monthly fuel review announced on Thursday, EPRA said it will continue to tap the Petroleum Development Levy to ease […]
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has reviewed upwards, the price of a litre of super petrol which effective midnight will cost Kshs. 0.77 more. The regulator has however spared kerosene and diesel users any upward adjustments as it kept prices unchanged in its review published on Monday. This is the third month that […]
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