Eyes on Epra as Tanzania hikes pump prices by 34 per cent

Fuel price rise in Tanzania shifts focus to Epra ahead of Kenya’s next review. [File, Standard]

Tanzania has increased pump prices of super petrol and diesel by Sh50 per litre starting Wednesday this week, a pointer to the pain at the pump that Kenyans are set to experience in two weeks when the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) announces prices for the April-May cycle on April 14. 

The country’s Energy and Water Regulatory Authority (Ewura) said the cost of super petrol would rise by about Sh50 (TSh956) effective April 1 to Sh192 (TSh3,820) from Sh143 (TSh2,864) in March in the port city of Dar es Salaam.