Anti-adulteration levy collections halve on high prices, shift to other fuels

Rogues traders had for years used kerosene to adulterate diesel and petrol in a bid to increase quantities then sell the dirty fuel to unsuspecting motorists.

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Collections from the levy meant to discourage use of kerosene to contaminate petrol and diesel shrank by nearly half in the year to June 2024, amid sky-high prices that hit demand and a shift to clean cooking fuels.

Treasury data shows that the anti-adulteration levy raised Sh795.16 million in the period, which was a dip of 49 percent from the Sh1.54 billion collected the previous year.

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