{"id":237,"date":"2026-08-14T13:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2026-08-15T16:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:51:33","slug":"epra-revises-fuel-prices-diesel-drops-by-ksh-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"EPRA revises Fuel prices, Diesel drops by Ksh. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has revised fuel prices for the period running from August 15 to September 14, 2026, with diesel recording a ksh 5 reduction per litre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the new pricing, petrol will remain unchanged at Sh214 per litre, while diesel will retail at Sh217 per litre, down from Sh222.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The price of kerosene has also remained unchanged at Sh191 per litre.The changes will take effect from Saturday, August 15, and remain in force until September 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The revised prices are expected to affect transport and operating costs, particularly for businesses and motorists who rely heavily on diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EPRA reviews fuel prices monthly based on factors including changes in international petroleum prices and the exchange rate, among other costs incurred in the importation and distribution of petroleum products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002049334-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002049334-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002049334-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002049334-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002049334.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has revised fuel prices for the period running from August 15 to September&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}