Kenyans wameamka tena na shock ya mpya kwa bill ya stima after EPRA kuongeza fuel charges, forex adjustment na WRMA levy. Hii inamaanisha every unit ya power imeongezeka cost before hata taxes zingine ziingie.
Mtu wa bedsitter anayekuwa anabuy token ya KSh 500 sasa anaona units zikishuka faster kuliko salary yake. Small biashara kama kinyozi, mama fua, welding na vibanda vya chips zinabeba mzigo mpya huku customers wakikataa bei kupanda.
EPRA says sababu ni kupanda kwa fuel prices duniani plus mafuta ya thermal plants kama Kipevu, Muhoroni na
maeneo ya off-grid kama Faza na Lokichogio kuwa expensive zaidi. Lakini kwa ground, common mwananchi anauliza: “Mbona kila mwezi ni kuongeza tu?”
Petrol iko over KSh 214 per litre, diesel karibu KSh 243. Fare inapanda, chakula inapanda, sasa hata stima nayo imeamua kujoin pressure. Kenya ya 2026 imefanya basic needs kuwa survival competition.
Mtu wa bedsitter anayekuwa anabuy token ya KSh 500 sasa anaona units zikishuka faster kuliko salary yake. Small biashara kama kinyozi, mama fua, welding na vibanda vya chips zinabeba mzigo mpya huku customers wakikataa bei kupanda.
EPRA says sababu ni kupanda kwa fuel prices duniani plus mafuta ya thermal plants kama Kipevu, Muhoroni na
maeneo ya off-grid kama Faza na Lokichogio kuwa expensive zaidi. Lakini kwa ground, common mwananchi anauliza: “Mbona kila mwezi ni kuongeza tu?”
Petrol iko over KSh 214 per litre, diesel karibu KSh 243. Fare inapanda, chakula inapanda, sasa hata stima nayo imeamua kujoin pressure. Kenya ya 2026 imefanya basic needs kuwa survival competition.