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Wed Mar 17 2021
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) of Kenya has defended itself following a public uproar resulting from the latest shocking increase in fuel prices. This is just as Nigerians are battling effects of several petrol price hikes as well as fuel scarcity amidst speculations of another hike.
According to Kenya’s The Nation newspaper on Tuesday, the hike has seen the price of petrol shoot above the Sh120 mark per litre, pushing it to nine-year high at a time when Kenyans are grappling with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic amid a third wave.