Oil marketers deny customers price relief, pocket gas tax cuts

An attendant arranges gas cylinders after offloading them from a truck in Elburgon, Nakuru on July 21, 2022. PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NMG

Oil marketers have declined to lower cooking gas prices four months after halving Value Added Tax (VAT) to eight percent, denying consumers accruing benefits.

The 13-kilogramme cylinder is retailing at up to Sh3,330 while the six-kilogramme unit going at Sh1,540—the same levels as August.

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