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February inflation rises to 5.8 per cent as cost of living soars
By Kepha Muiruri, 1440, February 27, 2021 (EAT)
The rate of inflation in February has risen further to 5.78 per cent from a lower 5.69 per cent in January. This to represent a steady rise in the ...

Inflation , KNBS
Employers warn of further job cuts as they slam new taxes
By Kepha Muiruri, 1233, February 27, 2021 (EAT)
Employers represented by the Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE) have warned of further job cuts as business struggle to thrive under higher taxes. ...

Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) , job cuts , taxes , unemployment
Petrol prices jump by Ksh.8, diesel by Ksh.5
By Kepha Muiruri, 1321, February 14, 2021 (EAT)
Petrol users will part with more for fuel with the commodity seeing the greatest jump in costs at Ksh.8.19 in the latest review of maximum pump prices...

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) , fuel prices , Inflation , petrol
Kenya saves Ksh.121B from fall of oil prices last year
By Kepha Muiruri, 1354, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya save Ksh.121 billion ($1.1 billion) in foreign exchange from the fall of international oil prices across 2020. Kenya’s oil bill, which repr...

oil prices
KEBS bank accounts frozen over Ksh.2 billion debt
By Citizen Reporter, 1302, January 18, 2021 (EAT)
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) is embroiled in a fierce battle with the judiciary over a KSh.2 billion debt that has seen all its accounts froze...

Geo-Chem , Justice John Mativo , KEBS , Kenya Bureau of Standards
Diesel prices rise by Ksh.4.57 in latest fuel costs review
By Kepha Muiruri, 1720, January 14, 2021 (EAT)
Users of diesel are expected to see the sharpest increase in costs at the pump effective Friday, January 15 with the price of the commodity going up b...

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) , fuel costs
Kenyans close the year with emptier pockets as December inflation spikes to 5.6%
By Kepha Muiruri, 1747, December 31, 2020 (EAT)
Kenyans pain at the close of the year has been exacerbated by thinning disposable income with the rate of inflation spiking to 5.6 per cent in Decembe...

Kenya inflation , Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
Motorists to pay more as fuel prices go up in latest review
By Kepha Muiruri, 647, December 15, 2020 (EAT)
Motorists will pay more for fuel from midnight on Tuesday as the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) effects higher petroleum costs. T...

diesel , EPRA , Fuel , petrol
Tullow meets license extension conditions
By Kepha Muiruri, 1459, December 7, 2020 (EAT)
Oil explorer Tullow has affirmed its Kenyan project license extension to December 2021 following its submission and subsequent approval of a 2021 prog...

Tullow Kenya
The pinch of a fading shilling
By Kepha Muiruri, 1503, December 5, 2020 (EAT)
On January 2, 2020, Ksh.101.34 would have been enough to get your hands on a US dollar, today, you would require Ksh.110.97 to close the same transact...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , shilling , US Dollar
Relief as petrol, diesel, kerosene prices all drop
By Kepha Muiruri, 1340, November 14, 2020 (EAT)
Motorists are set for relief after an all inclusive drop in the cost of fuel was announced on Saturday in the mid-month review by the Energy and Petro...

diesel , EPRA , fuel prices , kerosene , petrol
EPRA denies approving Kenya Power tariff hike
By Kepha Muiruri, 1737, November 5, 2020 (EAT)
The Energy Petroleum and Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has denied approving higher electricity prices by giving the nod to Kenya Power to raise its reta...

EPRA , KENYA POWER , Pavel Oimeke
Kenya’s inflation jumps for the first time since April from high food costs
By Kepha Muiruri, 1541, October 30, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya’s inflation rate has increased for the first time since April this year to stand at 4.84 per cent in October from a low 4.2 per cent in Septem...

Inflation , Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
Zimbabweans turn to sex work amid economic crisis and COVID
By Reuters, 1149, October 29, 2020 (EAT)
Dressed in a miniskirt and blouse, Esther Kamupunga stood in semi-darkness waiting for men looking for sex - the latest Zimbabwean to lose her job in ...

coronavirus , sex workers , Zimbabwe
Petrol price up by 72 cents per litre while diesel drops by Ksh.2.18
By Kepha Muiruri, 1708, October 14, 2020 (EAT)
Petrol prices have picked up for a second time in a fortnight as the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) reviewed the cost of the product...

diesel , EPRA , kerosene , petrol
Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene prices to rise after tax adjustment
By Kepha Muiruri, 1008, October 3, 2020 (EAT)
Petrol prices are set to rise by Ksh.1.12 per litre effective from Saturday at midnight following the adjustment of the rate of excise duty by the Ken...

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) , excise duty , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
KRA effects higher excise rates, signals greater fuel, alcohol prices
By Kepha Muiruri, 1704, October 2, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) adjusted its effective excise duty rate by five percent, signalling higher costs for excisable goods which largely f...

excise duty , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
September inflation cools to 4.2 per cent on lower energy, transport costs
By Kepha Muiruri, 1719, September 30, 2020 (EAT)
The cost of living has continued to ease with the rate of inflation in September cooling further to 4.2 per cent from 4.36 per cent in August. Acco...

Inflation , Kenya National Bureau of Statics (KNBS)
Petrol prices rise by Ksh.1.48 as diesel and kerosene costs drop
By Kepha Muiruri, 1703, September 14, 2020 (EAT)
Petrol prices are set to increase by Ksh.1.48 per litre at midnight on Monday as the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) impacts its mid-...

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) , fuel prices
Tullow Oil suspends plans to exit Kenya
By Kepha Muiruri, 1428, September 9, 2020 (EAT)
Anglo-English based oil explorer Tullow Oil has made an about turn on its oil project in Kenya suspending its planned exit through the sale of blocks ...

ministry of petroleum and mining , Tullow Oil