The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has set the prices of Petrol, Kerosene, and Diesel for the period between February 15 and March 14, 2025.
EPRA in its monthly review report released on Friday, February 14, announced that the prices of Super Petrol, Diesel, and Kerosene (IK) will remain unchanged.
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This means that a litre of Super Petrol in Nairobi will continue to retail at Ksh176.58, Diesel at Ksh167.06 and Kerosene at Ksh151.39 in Nairobi.
“In the period under review, the maximum allowed petroleum pump prices for Super Petrol, Diesel and Kerosene remain unchanged. The prices are inclusive of the 16% Value Added Tax (VAT) in line with the provisions of the Finance Act 2023, the Tax Laws (Amendment) Act 2024 and the revised rates for excise duty adjusted for inflation as per Legal Notice No. 194 of 2020,” a statement from EPRA read in part.
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The average landed cost of imported Super Petrol increased by 2.80% from US$611,69 per cubic metre in December 2024 to US$628.80 per cubic metre in January 2025.
At the same time, the landing cost of Diesel increased by 4.20% from US$644.10 per cubic metre to US$671.14 per cubic metre while Kerosene increased by 4.89% from US$649.64 per cubic metre to US$681.44 per cubic metre over the same period.
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EPRA DG signals hike in oil prices
EPRA’s prices come after the authority’s Director General Daniel Kiptoo earlier in the week signaled an impending hike in pump prices.
Kiptoo alluded to an increase in fuel costs, attributing it to a surge in global crude oil prices recorded in January.
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The monthly price adjustment factors in global oil price movements, exchange rate fluctuations, and other market dynamics.
“We did have a bit of a spike in international prices sometime in early January and it’s because of certain geopolitical factors, there were sanctions that were put on Russian products by the outgoing U.S. administration, but those sanctions have not been lifted,” stated Kiptoo.
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) had in its weekly bulletin on February 7 announced that international oil prices declined during the week ending February 6.
CBK stated that the price of Murban oil prices fell to USD 76.87 per barrel on February 6, from USD 78.54 per barrel on January 30.
During the week ending January 2, the price of Murban oil had increased to USD76.31 from USD 74.19 on December 24, 2024.
The bank explained that the decline in international oil prices came following the OPEC+ group of oil exporters restating their policy of a gradual unwinding of production cuts from April 2025.
December-January Prices fuel prices
In its January report, EPRA announced that the maximum allowable pump prices for Super Petrol, Diesel, and Kerosene would be increased by Ksh0.29, Ksh2, and Ksh3 per litre respectively.
Also Read: EPRA Increases Fuel Prices for January and February
A litre of Super Petrol in Nairobi was set to retail at Ksh176.58, Diesel at Ksh167.06 and Kerosene at Ksh151.39.
In Mombasa, Super Petrol was set to retail at Ksh173.34, Diesel (Ksh.163.82), and Kerosene (Ksh.148.15) while in Kisumu, the costs for Super Petrol, Diesel and Kerosene were set at Ksh176.62, Ksh167.44, and Ksh151.82 respectively.
The Petroleum regulatory authority had in its December review announced that the maximum allowed petroleum pump prices for Super Petrol, Diesel and Kerosene would be reduced by Ksh4.37, 3.00 and 3.00 respectively.
The maximum retail prices for Super Petrol, Diesel, and Kerosene were capped at Ksh176.29, Ksh165.06, and Ksh148.39 per liter respectively, for the cycle in Nairobi.
Meanwhile, in Mombasa, Super Petrol was set to retail at Ksh173.05, Diesel at Ksh161.82, and Kerosene at Ksh145.15 per liter.
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