Are fuel prices rising in Kenya in 2026?

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   THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FUEL STABILIZATION FUND AND PETROL PRICES IN KENYA

   African Journal of Emerging Issues (Chege et al.)Published Jan 7, 2025Checked Oct 15, 2026

   “Descriptive analysis indicated significant volatility in fuel prices, with periods of FSF activity showing moderated price spikes. Correlation analysis revealed a strong negative relationship between the FSF and fuel prices, indicating the fund's effectiveness in reducing price volatility for super petrol and diesel. However, regression results suggested that global market factors and exchange rate fluctuations had a stronger influence on fuel prices than the FSF alone. The study also found that the FSF had limited influence on the broader CPI. The FSF was partially effective in stabilizing fuel prices during global price fluctuations. However, operational issues, such as delayed disbursements and inadequate funding, reduced its long-term sustainability. The FSF's limited impact on the CPI suggests that other factors besides fuel prices are key drivers of inflation in Kenya.”

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   Oil Retail Pricing and Price Controls: A Case of Oil Marketing Sector in Kenya

   Journals & Books Hosting (International Knowledge Sharing Platform) (Omagwa et al.)Published Sep 5, 2017Checked Oct 15, 2026

   “nd monthly exchange rates had a significant effect on average monthly retail prices for all the four products.The two predictor variables had a lesser explanatory power on average monthly oil retail prices in the period after introduction of price controls compared to the period before such controls suggesting that price controls had caused some effect on average monthly retail oil prices of all the four oil products.In the period before introduction of price controls, monthly international crude oil prices and exchange rates explained much of Super prices and very little of Kerosene prices whereas after the introduction of price controls, the two predictor variables explained more of Diesel prices but very little of Regular prices.A positive correlation between average monthly retail prices of Super and Diesel products in the period before and after introduction of the controls was documented unlike Kerosene and Regular average monthly retail prices which exhibited a negative correlation.The study recommends the need for ERC to closely monitor international crude oil prices and the manage dynamics of the US dollar-Kenya shilling exchange rate with a view of stabilizing the latter.”

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   Exchange rate and inflation dynamics in Kenya: Does the threshold level matter?

   Heliyon (Sumba et al.)Published Aug 6, 2024Checked Oct 15, 2026

   “This study's ERPT results reveal that, exchange rate depreciation has positive and significant effect on inflation only when it raises above the monthly threshold level of 0.51 %. In contrast, the Taylor rule analysis results reveal that the exchange rate depreciation has a positive and significant effect the monetary policy rate regardless of the threshold level of 0.67 %. Therefore, keeping domestic currency depreciation below a monthly growth rate of 0.51 % will control the pass-through effect on inflation, and the exchange rate depreciation at any level should always act as a reaction function for the monetary policy rate setting. This study also found that the relationship between exchange rate depreciation and inflation, as well as monetary policy rate is non-linear, which implies a greater pass-through effect when exchange rate depreciation is high. Therefore, we recommend the monetary authority in Kenya to pay attention to the depreciation of the exchange rate depreciation at any level when adjusting the policy rate to tame inflation.”

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   THE EFFECT OF FUEL PRICES ON FOOD PRICES IN KENYA

   International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy (Ngare & Derek)Published Jun 8, 2021Checked Oct 15, 2026

   “High food prices are one of the major risks facing households from developing countries. Food prices have attracted renewed interest among policy experts in identifying appropriate policy instruments to counter the effect of price vulnerability. This paper evaluates the effect of fuel prices on food prices by testing for Granger causality and cointegration applied to diesel, maize, beans, cabbage, and potatoes price data for the period 2010-2018. The results revealed a unidirectional Granger causality running from diesel prices to cabbage and potatoes prices but there was no causal relationship with maize and beans prices. The findings suggest that there is a long-run price relationship between perishable foods and fuel prices with an increase in the price of diesel resulting in a significant increase in the price of cabbages and potatoes. The study recommends a policy of cushioning an increase in food prices by introducing a tax relief once the fuel price hits a certain level.Keywords: Food prices, Fuel prices, Cointegration, Granger causalityJEL Classifications: Q48, Q43, Q13DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.10600”

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   Effect of Regulatory Components on Volatility of Petroleum Pump Prices in Kenya

   Journals & Books Hosting (International Knowledge Sharing Platform) (Munyua et al.)Published Jun 29, 2016Checked Oct 15, 2026

   “Volatility of petroleum pump prices in Kenya has continually affected its economic growth.Almost all other sectors of the economy growth rely on the petroleum products and therefore its instability in price leads to poor planning of other sectors.Expected profits by the companies who planned when the prices were favourable becomes affected leading to losses.Those who do not incur losses results to increasing the prices of goods and services making the costs of living increase and therefore lowering the social economic growth.This paper is an extract from the completed research on drivers of instability in prices of petroleum products in Kenya (Munyua & Ragui, 2013).The main objective is to find out how the regulatory component affects the volatility of petroleum oil prices in Kenya.”

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   Beyond Ebola Virus in the Largest Documented Bundibugyo Virus Outbreak.

   Viruses (Stodulski et al.)Published Aug 22, 2026Checked Oct 18, 2026

   “The ongoing Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has become the largest documented outbreak caused by this orthoebolavirus and already ranks as the second-largest Ebola disease outbreak recorded in history. This review highlights its major public health relevance, given its cross-border spread, substantial mortality burden, high clinical severity, infections among healthcare workers, and the lack of any approved vaccine or specific treatment for Bundibugyo virus disease. We discuss the epidemiological and virological significance of this exceptional event, the limitations of current diagnostic and therapeutic preparedness beyond Ebola virus, and the urgent need for broader filovirus-focused strategies, including improved diagnostics, genomic surveillance, candidate vaccines, antiviral platforms, and resilient local health systems. The outbreak illustrates how preparedness efforts centered mainly on the Ebola virus have left substantial gaps for other human-pathogenic orthoebolaviruses.”

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   Ebola (Wikipedia)

   WikipediaPublished Oct 15, 2026Checked Oct 18, 2026

   “Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after infection. The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. These are usually followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, hepatic and renal dysfunction, at which point some people begin to bleed both internally and externally. Outbreaks of the disease have had a mortality rate of between 25 and 90%, averaging out at approximately 50%. The viral species involved and timing of treatment play a critical role in its prognosis. Death is often due to shock from fluid loss, and typically occurs between 6 and 16 days after the first symptoms appear. The viruses have caused intermittent outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa since 1976 when the disease was first reported, with the largest one being the 2013–16 Western African epidemic.”

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   Perceived climate change impacts on food security in coastal communities of Puerto Princesa City, Philippines.

   UCL open. Environment (Madarcos et al.)Published May 6, 2026Checked Oct 16, 2026

   “The research employed descriptive analysis to assess the perception of the residents towards climate change and its impacts, and multiple linear regression to examine the connections between climate change indicators and the fundamental components of food security within coastal communities. The results revealed that most participants (94%) believe climate change is happening, and many (71%) acknowledged this as anthropogenic. There are observations of sea level rise (76%), wave intensity (69%), warmer sea surface temperature (73%), and more frequent and stronger rainfall (72%) in comparison to 10 years ago. Coastal communities have become less food secure. Sea level rise was significantly associated with decreased food availability, access and stability (p p < 0.05). This study provides valuable insights into the perceptions of climate change and its impacts on food security in coastal communities and highlights the necessity to understand food security in the Philippines and other low-middle-income countries vis-à-vis climate change and integrate holistic measures into the local and national agenda to mitigate the associated risks.”

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   Poverty in the Philippines (Wikipedia)

   WikipediaPublished Oct 15, 2026Checked Oct 16, 2026

   “Despite improvements in recent years, poverty in the Philippines remains high, and the pace of poverty reduction has been slower compared to other East Asian countries. Economic growth in the Philippines was less inclusive and slower than in high-performing neighbors, resulting in a lag in poverty reduction. Between 2006 and 2015, the country's poverty rate, measured by the international poverty line (US$1.90/day), declined by only 0.9 percentage points annually, compared to 2–2.5 percentage points in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. When measured by the lower-middle-income-class poverty line (US$3.20/day), poverty declined by just 1.3 percentage points annually, while same three countries saw reductions of 3–5 percentage points. In 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) set the national poverty threshold at ₱13,873 per month for a family of five (approximately US$250), or about ₱92.49 per person per day (around US$1.67). Individuals are considered "poor" if their income falls below this threshold, which is intended to cover basic food and non-food needs.”

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    The Impact of Russia–Ukraine Conflict on the Crude Oil Prices

    International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy (Imeri et al.)Published Feb 8, 2026Checked Oct 16, 2026

    “This paper investigates the properties of the crude oil prices in the context of the Ukraine- Russia conflict by using statistical techniques based on long memory and fractional integration. In order to understand the volatility of West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices, data from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for the period September 12, 2012 to September 12, 2022 are used. The results using unit root tests indicate nonstationarity I(1) for the whole sample period but also for the two subsamples created by the war. Additionally, the findings through ARFIMA approach for the whole period as well as pre-Russia-Ukraine war period confirm mean reversion and transitory shock, whereas for the period from the start of Russia-Ukraine war, the shock in crude oil prices is expected to be permanent. There is a need for inter-governmental cooperation in keeping the oil price at its normal value.”

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    The Price of Isolation: Sanctions, Supply Shocks, and Price Discovery Dynamics in Russia’s Crude Oil Market

    International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy (Wieland)Published Jul 5, 2026Checked Oct 16, 2026

    “The Sanctions Proxy dominates information shares (22.4%), followed by OPEC+ supply (19.8%), RUB/USD exchange rate (17.3%), and CBR Key Rate (14.7%). A stark absorption asymmetry emerges: OPEC+ quota decisions are priced within 3.8 trading days, whereas sanctions enforcement shocks persist for 14.7 days. IV/GMM noise-robust bias correction reveals a +63.7% OLS underestimate for the Sanctions Proxy, confirming that standard models systematically misattribute shadow fleet friction costs as informational absence. Shadow fleet logistics costs reached $773 million (6.7-8.1% of cargo value) in early 2026. The Urals-Brent discount is projected at $22/bbl for Q2 2026, reflecting a structural isolation premium that implies annual revenue losses of $7-12 billion. Policy implications highlight benchmark standardisation, intensified OPEC+ engagement, and accelerated technology import substitution as priority responses.”