Fuel consumers across the Eastern Africa region are navigating a starkly diverse pricing landscape, with Kenya emerging as the most expensive market for both petrol and diesel.
According to the latest market data, Kenyan motorists pay 206.97 Shillings per litre for petrol and 206.84 Shillings for diesel, positioning the country at the peak of the regional cost index. This narrow margin between petrol and diesel prices is unique to Kenya compared to its neighbors.
Rwanda follows closely as the second-costliest destination, where petrol retails at 203.17 Shillings and diesel at 194.52 Shillings.
Tanzania and Uganda offer more moderate pricing structures, with Tanzania maintaining petrol at 189.81 Shillings and diesel at 189.11 Shillings.
In Uganda, while petrol is priced at 184.55 Shillings, diesel is notably more affordable at 174.10 Shillings, reflecting a larger price gap between the two fuel types.
The most significant outlier in the region is Ethiopia, where fuel prices are nearly half of those found in Kenya. Ethiopian consumers pay only 109.36 Shillings for petrol and 115.70 Shillings for diesel.
This makes Ethiopia the only country in the survey where diesel is more expensive than petrol, contrasting sharply with the price hierarchies seen in Rwanda and Uganda.
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