Diesel drops by Sh10 as petrol, kerosene remain unchanged
Business
By
Graham Kajilwa
| Jun 15, 2026
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has slashed Sh10 off the price of diesel in the latest fuel pricing cycle, as earlier directed by President William Ruto.
The drop is despite a slight increase in the landed cost of diesel products in the country, which went up by 0.21 per cent.
The June-July price cycle has, however, barely reduced the price of petrol, which dropped by a marginal Sh0.22. This is notwithstanding a drop in the landed cost of super petrol in the period.
The price of kerosene remains unchanged.
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In the cycle released by EPRA on Sunday, the price of a litre of petrol will retail at Sh214.03 in Nairobi from Sh214.25. This is as diesel drops to Sh222.86 from Sh232.
Kerosene will retail at Sh191.38. In Mombasa, where prices are usually lowest by virtue of proximity to the port, super petrol will retail at Sh210.87 a litre while diesel will go for Sh219.58.
Kerosene will retail at Sh188.09. “In the period under review, the maximum allowed petroleum pump prices for super petrol and diesel decreased by Sh0.22 per litre and Sh10 per litre respectively, while the price of kerosene remains unchanged,” said EPRA acting Director General Dr Joseph Oketch in a statement.
The statement explains that while the average landed cost of imported super petrol dropped by 0.56 per cent, for diesel increased by 0.21 per cent.
The landed cost of imported super petrol reduced from Sh117,809 ($906.23) per cubic metre in April to Sh117,150 ($901.16) in May.
The landed cost of imported diesel in the same period went up from Sh167,957 ($1,291.98) per cubic metre to Sh168,312 ($1,294.71).
Landed cost of kerosene reduced by 0.33 per cent from Sh173,254 ($1,332.73) per cubic metre to Sh172,686 ($1,328.36).
In mid-May, President Ruto was forced to intervene after a week-long protest by motorists, among them public service vehicle operators, when EPRA increased diesel prices by Sh46.29 to retail at Sh242.92 in its May-April cycle.
The price of super petrol was also increased then by Sh16.65 to retail at Sh214.25 in Nairobi, while kerosene remained unchanged at Sh152.78.
This unrest forced EPRA to again recalculate prices, which saw diesel drop to Sh232 as kerosene increased by Sh38.60 to retail at Sh191.38.
However, stakeholder talks with the Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi to reduce the price further flopped, and President Ruto stepped in.
After a meeting with transport operators in Mombasa, he announced that diesel prices would drop further in the June-July price cycle, which explains the latest reduction.
“I have directed that in the next pricing cycle, we are going to further reduce the price of diesel by a further Sh10 to help stabilise pump prices and provide additional relief to consumers,” he said.
President Ruto lauded his government-to-government framework, which allows Kenyan oil marketers to purchase petroleum products from their Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates counterparts at six months deferred payment plan, as helpful in the current Middle East crisis.
“The arrangement has stabilised fuel pricing compared to the old spot market system, where prices fluctuated sharply every month,” he said.
Despite purported respite by the said G2G framework, Kenya’s fuel woes, which have been exacerbated by the war in Iran, have left consumers burdened further by the high cost of services and products as businesses keen to protect their margins hike prices.
Over the weekend, US President Donald Trump announced that a deal could be signed with Iran and other negotiating parties, which would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a major canal passage for oil tankers.
The Strait is also a crucial link for world trade. Iran, however, is yet to yield to this plan, which might prolong the war and extend the high prices of fuel locally.