Fresh pain at the pump as State triples Epra levy

A pump attendant at the Rubis petrol station along Koinange Street, Nairobi, fuels a vehicle.

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The government has raided the pockets of fuel consumers once again after it tripled the tax payable to the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) for every litre of the commodity purchased.

The Ministry of Energy last week increased the Petroleum Regulatory Levy to Sh0.75 per litre up from Sh0.25.

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