Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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Dar es Salaam. Kenyan motorists are now paying more at the pump than their regional peers in local currency terms, as a fresh surge in global fuel prices intensifies pressure across East Africa’s transport and logistics sectors.
The latest price increases across the region follow the February 28 US-Israeli invasion of Iran and escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, developments that have disrupted global oil supply chains and heightened uncertainty in energy markets worldwide. In Nairobi, petrol is retailing at about Ksh206.97 per litre, equivalent to roughly 4,150 Tanzanian shillings, while diesel stands at Ksh206.84 per litre (about Tsh4,140), according to pricing data from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA).
