{"id":48018,"date":"2026-10-15T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T07:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=48018"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T07:57:02","slug":"kenya-raises-fuel-prices-as-middle-east-conflict-lifts-import-costs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/kenya-raises-fuel-prices-as-middle-east-conflict-lifts-import-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya raises fuel prices as Middle East conflict lifts import costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Kenya raised the maximum retail prices of petrol and \u200bdiesel on Wednesday, the energy \u200cregulator said, citing higher import costs linked to the conflict in the \u200bMiddle East.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Kenya hiked petrol prices \u200bby 6% and diesel prices by \u20604.5%, with the East African \u200bnation relying on the Middle \u200bEast region for nearly all of its fuel supplies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A litre of diesel will cost \u200b$1.76 in the \u200bcapital city of Nairobi, \u200cwhile \u2060kerosene will rise to $1.69 between October 15 and November 14, when new prices \u200bwill be \u200bannounced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The energy \u2060regulator said the government extended a reduction in value-added tax \u200bon fuel to 8% from \u200b16% \u2060until January 14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Fuel prices affect multiple sectors including transport, agriculture and construction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20722,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-48018","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Kenya raised the maximum retail prices of petrol","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48018","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48024,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48018\/revisions\/48024"}],"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=48018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=48018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}