Kenyans will have to prepare for higher prices of cooking gas following an announcement by Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) Director-General Pavel Oimeke.
Oimeke stated that the rise in prices is due to increased demand for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the international market.
The global price had increased by Ksh2,752.5 ($25) per tonne between September and October 2020.
With the current price of 13-kg cooking gas retailing at between Ksh2,100 and Ksh2,200, the EPRA Boss did not reveal the margin of increase within the local market.
“The price increase is as a result of the recovery of demand in India and Asia,” Oimeke stated.
However, he noted that more and more Kenyans were using cooking gas in their households and per capita consumption of LPG in Kenya had risen from 2.2 kg in 2013 to 6.4 kg in 2019.
Earlier in the year, LPG was excluded from tax-exempt products in the Finance Bill 2020. Households were forced to pay Ksh.300 more for cooking gas.
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