Households and firms cut fuel, power use as prices soar

Electricity prices started going up in September after holding steady between January and August. [iStockphoto]

Hit by the high cost of petroleum products last year, Kenyans reduced their consumption of different fuels, new data shows.

Consumption of commonly used petroleum products, including diesel, super petrol and cooking gas, dropped by eight per cent on average in 2022, according to new data by the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).