Fuel prices have risen sharply after international petroleum costs surged, with September recording the highest import costs since the Middle East crisis began, EPRA Director General Edward Kinyua has said. This is after the regulator increased the price of Super Petrol by Sh12 per litre and diesel by Sh9, while kerosene saw the steepest increase at Sh28. Kinyua attributed the hikes to the escalating conflict in Middle East, which has disrupted key shipping routes used to deliver petroleum supplies to Kenya.

EDWARD KINYUA - FORCES