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Wednesday 15 April 2015

April 2015: Petrol Prices Fall as Diesel Rises

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Tuesday marginally cut petrol prices but raised that of diesel and kerosene for the second month in a row.

In Nairobi, the price of a litre of petrol fell by Sh0.11 to Sh89.35 while diesel cost has gone up by Sh1.28 to sh77.48 per litre. Kerosene has gone up sh1.46 to Sh57.21 per litre.

The ERC said the average cost of imported super petrol dropped 1.46 per cent in March. Compared to the previous month and that of diesel went up 1.91 per cent while kerosene’s rose by 3.59 per cent – explaining the petrol price drop and increases in that of diesel and kerosene.