Price of super petrol up in new ERC review

By Ian Omondi,

Kenyans will now be forced to pay more after the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Wednesday increased prices of petroleum products. In a state...

diesel , ERC , ERC Director General Pavel Oimeke , kerosene , Petroleum , Super Petrol

Young innovators among delegation in KQ inaugural direct flight to New York

By PSCU,

Two young innovators are among the 468 passengers flying to New York during the historic Kenya Airways (KQ) inaugural direct flight to New York on Oct...

Big 4 agenda , Inaugural trip to New York , Kenya Airways

ERC reduces price of super petrol, increases kerosene and diesel

By Citizen Reporter,

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has handed motorists a slight relief after reducing the price of super petrol by Ksh.1.06 a litre. In the ...

diesel , Energy Regulatory Commission , ERC Director General Pavel Oimeke , Super Petrol

Petrol prices drop by Ksh.9, Kerosene up Ksh.10 as new VAT takes effect

By Rachel Ombaka,

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has lowered the price of petrol following the enactment of the new petroleum Value Added Tax at 8 percent from ...

ERC Director General Pavel Robert Oimeke , fuel prices , Uhuru kenyatta , VAT

The Ayes have it! MPs authorise Uhuru to tax Kenyans more

By Benjamin Muriuki,

All of President Uhuru Kenyatta's proposals to the Finance Bill, 2018 were on Thursday passed by the National Assembly amid acrimony, high drama, cha...

Finance Bill 2018. , Fuel VAT , Uhuru kenyatta

Petrol prices down in new ERC review

By Citizen Reporter,

The price of super petrol has dropped by Ksh.2.21 in the latest review announced by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Friday. However, the ...

16% VAT , ERC , petrol , President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta to address the nation over 16pc fuel tax

By Rachel Ombaka,

President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to address the nation on Friday over the controversial 16percent fuel tax that was recently implemented. In a ...

fuel tax

Kenyans now fueling vehicles in Uganda as fuel prices soar

By Brian Okoth,

A section of motorists in Busia County are now forced to cross borders into Uganda to fuel their vehicles in the wake of rocket high petrol and diesel...

Busia , Kenya fuel prices , uganda

ERC releases new fuel prices, Ksh.127 for super petrol in Nairobi

By Citizen Reporter,

The energy regulator has finally released new fuel prices that reflect the 16percent Value Added Tax as ordered by Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Ro...

ERC , fuel prices , Henry Rotich

Why gov’t will slap you with Ksh.60 tax on each litre of fuel

By Sam Gituku,

The cost of basic goods and matatu fares could go up from Saturday next week if the government goes ahead to slap a 16 per cent Value Added Tax on pet...

Cost Of Living , ERC , fuel prices

Oil marketers approve stricter kerosene regulations

By Kepha Muiruri,

Key stakeholders from the petroleum and energy sector are calling for tougher kerosene regulations in the form of taxation with a view to contract the...

adulteration , Andrew Kamau , Anne-Solange Renouard , Fuel , kerosene , KRA , petroleum institute of east africa , PIEA , tax

Petrol prices up, changes to take effect today

By Rachel Ombaka,

The Energy Regulatory Commission has announced that petrol prices will be increased by Ksh.3 per litre from today (Sunday). A statement sent to new...

Kenyans to pay more as fuel price goes up

By Citizen Reporter,

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has announced a Ksh.3 price increase in the cost of Kerosene starting July 1. Kerosene will now retail at Ks...

fuel prices

Kenya’s ‘budget for the rich’ pushes poor to the brink

By Reuters,

A few metres from Kenya’s Parliament where the Treasury CS read his budget, Deborah Mwandagina, deputy principal of a school in Mukuru Slum, is unim...

2018/2019 budget , Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich

Agony for Murang’a family as three children die in house fire

By Julius Kariithi,

A family from Maragua sub-county, Murang’a County, is reeling from the pain and shock of losing all their three children who burnt to death after a...

Fire , Kenyatta Hospital , Maragua sub-county , murang'a county

Man arrested after abducting, defiling 3-year-old girl

By George Amolo,

A 22-year-old man was on Saturday arrested for allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl at Akala market in Gem, Siaya County. The suspect, Kevin O...

Akala Health Centre , Arrest , defilement , Gem sub-county

Relief for motorists as fuel prices drop

By Citizen Reporter,

Motorists can now breath a sigh of relief after the Government announced a slight decrease in fuel prices effective midnight Saturday. In an announ...

Energy Regulatory Commission , ERC Director General Pavel Oimeke , fuel prices

Nyeri woman sentenced to three years for setting 10-year-old son on fire

By Wanjiku Wanjiru,

A mother who set ablaze her 10-year-old son on suspicion that he had stolen her Ksh.100 has been handed a three year non-custodial jail term. Eliza...

assault charges , children department , nyeri

Class three pupil burnt by mother for losing Ksh.100

By Wanjiku Wanjiru,

A class 3 pupil in Nanyuki is nursing serious injuries after his mother set him on fire for losing Ksh.100. Elizabeth Ngina allegedly poured kerose...

Elizabeth Ngina , Equator police station , Nanyuki , St.Moses Primary School , Telvin Maina , Zane Kihara

Mother burns daughter’s private parts for coming home late

By Citizen Reporter,

A 17-year-old girl is nursing burn wounds at the Nairobi Women’s Hospital after her mother doused paraffin on her thighs and private parts and lit h...

kenya , Kenyatta National Hospital , Mother burns daughter , Nairobi , nairobi women's hospital , Riruta Satellite