This archive report was first published on 14 August 2019.
Kenya's energy sector regulator, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), has announced a reduction in fuel prices for the month of July 2019.
According to EPRA, the average landed cost of imported Super Petrol decreased by 5.64 percent from $528.26 per cubic metre in June 2019 to $498.46 per cubic metre in July 2019.
As a result, motorists in Nairobi will now pay Sh112.53 for a litre of super petrol and Sh100.60 for diesel. A litre of kerosene will retail at Sh103.95.
Motorists in Mombasa will pay Sh109.89 for a litre of petrol and Sh97.97 for diesel.
EPRA attributed the changes in fuel prices to the decrease in the average landed cost of imported Super Petrol and diesel.
"The changes in this month's prices have been as a consequence of the average landed cost of imported Super Petrol decreasing by 5.64 percent from $528.26 per cubic metre in June 2019 to $498.46 per cubic metre in July 2019," EPRA said in a statement.
