{"id":32025,"date":"2026-04-15T19:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32025"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:05:40","slug":"kenya-raises-fuel-prices-as-global-oil-costs-surge","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/kenya-raises-fuel-prices-as-global-oil-costs-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya raises fuel prices as global oil costs surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya has sharply increased fuel prices, with diesel recording a significant jump despite a government tax cut, as rising global oil costs driven by the conflict in Iran continue to filter through to domestic markets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority raised the price of diesel by $0.31 to $1.6 per litre, while petrol increased by $0.22 to a similar level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The regulator said the adjustments reflect higher international oil prices and increased shipping costs, even as value added tax was reduced from 16% to 13% in an effort to cushion consumers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new prices will remain in effect until May 14, when the next review is expected.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fuel shortages have been reported in parts of the country, although the government maintains that national stock levels remain adequate and has accused some fuel companies of hoarding supplies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20722,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-32025","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Kenya has sharply increased fuel prices, with diesel recording a significant jump","published_date":"2026-04-15 19:05:21","news_description":"Kenya has sharply increased fuel prices, with diesel recording a significant jump","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32026,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32025\/revisions\/32026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}