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Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi and Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen addressing the media at Harambee House in Nairobi on May 19, 2026. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) has increased the cost of using the pipeline to transport fuel from the Kenyan coast to the rest of the country.
Epra, in a public notice last Friday, said the Kenya Pipeline Company’s tariff for the three years to July 2028. The energy regulator said the KPC pipeline tariff would go up beginning July 15 to Sh5.53 per cubic metre per kilometre (m3/km) and further to Sh5.83 in July 2027 from the current Sh5.44.
And while the baseline pipeline tariff for the current period that ends July 14 has remained flat at Sh5.44, there was a marginal increase in the cost of a litre of fuel at the pump since April 15 on account of higher landed cost. This resulted in the cost of super going up by 32 cents, diesel (38 cents), and kerosene (36 cents).
