Economy
Sigh for Customers as Cooking Gas Drops by Up to Sh400
After the government reduced taxes on the product, the price of refilling a 13-kilogram cooking gas tank dropped by up to Sh400.
A 13kg of Total Gas now retails for Sh2,900, down from Sh3,300 a few days earlier, according to a spot-check by one local daily at multiple fuel outlets in Nairobi’s CBD.
Additionally, the cost of filling a 6-kg cylinder has dropped from Sh1,540 to Sh1,280.
The K-Gas brand by Rubis, whose 13kg now costs Sh2,490 instead of Sh2,780, is comparable to this as well.
Its 6kg has been decreased from Sh1,260 to Sh1,060.
Value-added tax (VAT) of 8%, import declaration fees of 3.5 %, and the 2 % railway construction charge were put on hold by the Finance Bill of 2023, whose implementation was halted by the Court.
President William Ruto committed to lowering the high cost of cooking gas.
“We will allocate money that will enable us to reduce cooking gas prices, we will do away with taxes and enable our women to cook without thinking about their health,” President Ruto said before.
