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Vivo Energy leads Sh279bn tax windfall from oil firms
A Shell petrol station. Vivo Energy, the seller of Shell-branded petroleum products locally, accounted for nearly a quarter of the Sh278.6 billion in taxes and levies that oil marketers paid in the 10 months to April 2026.
Vivo Energy accounted for nearly a quarter of the Sh278.6 billion in taxes and levies that oil marketers paid in the 10 months to April 2026, even as the overall fuel tax collections dipped because of a lowered Value Added Tax (VAT) rate on petroleum products.
An analysis shows that Vivo paid Sh64.28 billion to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in the period, or 23 percent of the total levies and taxes paid by all oil marketers.
