The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum threatened to clamp down on fuel filling stations that continued to sell fuel at high prices, despite the price drop announced on Tuesday.
Cabinet Secretary (CS) Opio Wandayi said some petrol stations are yet to reduce pump prices despite adjustments made by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra), which saw the prices of a liter of petrol, diesel and kerosene drop by Sh8. .18, Sh3.54 and Sh6.93 respectively.
“It has come to our attention that many petroleum traders and petrol station owners have either failed or refused to adhere to the new pump prices unveiled on October 15. We caution all officials to immediately adhere to the new pump prices that will continue until November 14,” he said.
Epra on Tuesday announced the biggest drop in fuel prices in 19 months, leaving a liter of retail petrol at Sh180.66, diesel at Sh168.06 and kerosene at Sh151.39.
This came after the landing cost of fuel decreased by between 5.5 percent and 8.6 percent.
However, Mr Wandai noted that even after the reduction that took effect on Tuesday and the implementation of the new prices for a month until November 14, it was unfortunate that many gas stations continued to sell products at high prices.
“We have mobilized all our statutory agencies to take strict action against those companies that will not abide by these new pump prices,” the CS said.
He also appealed to Kenyans to report instances of petrol dealers failing to enforce new pump prices.
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