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Kenya's oil import bill drops by 12.6 per cent

A petrol station attendant in Nairobi fueling a car. The price of fuel has dropped. PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE

Kenya’s bill on importing petroleum products dropped by 12.6 per cent despite the volume imported rising by 9.5 per cent to 4.85 million tonnes.

According to the latest survey by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, total import bill of petroleum products declined from Sh226.1 billion in 2015 to Sh197.5 billion as global oil prices continued to drop.

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