Pressure has eased for firms in the Kenyan freight and agriculture sectors following a decision by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) to halt any increases for diesel price. Motorists will also experience a modest relief at the pump with the slight reduction in the price of a litre of Super Petrol.
Poor households that depend on Kerosene for cooking and lighting will have a slight relief at the pump in the August-September period, with a Ksh 1 reduction in the price of a litre of Kerosene. Data from EPRA points to a modest decrease of Ksh 1 per litre for Super Petrol and Kerosene while that of diesel remains unchanged.
Those with petrol-powered vehicles as well as kerosene users will benefit from this modest price adjustment. For petroleum retailers, the August-September slight reduction will guard their thin margins and lower pressure on their operational costs.
These price adjustments in the August-September cycle are primarily driven by a reduction in the international price of Murban crude oil, which declined from US$ 67.73 in June 2025 to US$ 63.62 in July.
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In Nairobi the prices of a litre of Super Petrol now retails at Ksh 185.31, Diesel unchanged at Ksh 171.58 and Kerosene will sell lower by a shilling per litre to Ksh 155.58. In Mombasa, Super Petrol, Diesel and Kerosene will retail at KSh 182.03, KSh 168.30 and KSh 152.29 per litre respectively during the August-September 14th cycle.
The most expensive fuel destination is Mandera where petro, diesel and kerosene retail at Ksh 207.49, Ksh 193.76 and Ksh 177.76 per litre respectively. Other exorbitant markets include Kibish where petrol sells at Ksh 185.37 per litre, and Lokitaung where a litre of the same commodity costs KSh 198.74 per litre.
Kenya has also experienced stable fuel prices due a stable exchange rate, which was Ksh 129.58 against the US dollar in July 2025. The US/Kenya shilling exchange rate has been oscillating within the Ksh 129 range for months, since August 2024. Trade in petroleum products on the international market is denominated in US dollars.
An exchange rate is applied to convert the US$ to Kenya Shillings during the computation of local pump prices.
EPRA issued its August-September fuel price guidelines at a time when Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has begun the process of reviewing the petroleum legal and regulatory framework. The idea is to support Kenya’s First Petroleum Licensing Round (under the Act) planned for 2025 and to align the framework with best petroleum industry practice.
The Draft Petroleum (Amendment) Bill, 2025 has already been developed and stakeholders’ engagement workshops to discuss the document. The workshops will take place in various urban centres beginning on 19th August to 9th September 2025.
The Bill https://petroleum.go.ke/downloads seeks to amend the provisions of the Petroleum Act, Cap. 308, to streamline the regulation of upstream, midstream and downstream value chains in the petroleum sector and align the petroleum agreements with the Constitution, best petroleum industry practices including international best standards.
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