Poor households hit as kerosene set to rise by Sh21

A student revises for exams using a paraffin lamp light. The price of kerosene is set to go up in new proposals, a move likely to hurt poor families the most. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The Government plans to increase the price of kerosene by Sh21 per litre over the next one year to tame fuel adulteration. However, the move could hurt poor households across the country.

The fuel, used by rural and poor urban households for lighting and cooking, has also been abused by unscrupulous oil dealers that use it to increase volumes of diesel and super petrol.