Subsidy cuts deny users cheaper fuel amid shipment cost drop

A fuel attendant fills up a vehicle at a petrol station on July 1, 2023.

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The government’s decision to reduce the subsidy applied on fuel denied consumers a fall in pump prices, even as shipment costs of the commodity dropped.

A litre of petrol and diesel will remain unchanged at Sh174.63 and Sh164.86 respectively and Sh148.99 for a litre of kerosene, according to the schedule gazetted by Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) on Wednesday.

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