MOTORISTS ASSOCIATION DEMANDS EPRA SCRAPPED OVER 'COSMETIC' FUEL PRICE CUTS

The Motorists Association of Kenya (MAK) has called for the immediate disbandment of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) following what it terms “insignificant” reductions in fuel prices.
In its latest monthly review, EPRA lowered pump prices by Ksh0.79 for super petrol, Ksh0.11 for diesel and Ksh0.80 for kerosene—changes MAK dismissed as a “slap in the face” to Kenyans grappling with a high cost of living.
MAK accused the regulator of using an opaque pricing formula and politically driven reviews that ignore true market conditions. The lobby says EPRA’s monthly price reviews are out of step with the actual three-month fuel procurement cycle and have become a “tax collector’s paradise” for the government.
Citing the more transparent formula used by the defunct Energy Regulatory Commission before 2013, MAK is demanding a return to that model or a full liberalisation of fuel pricing, alongside an overhaul of government-to-government fuel import deals.
The association warned that the current system continues to inflate transport costs and drive up the prices of goods and services, worsening the country’s cost-of-living crisis.