Bei za mafuta zinapanda Kenya mbele ya mapitio ya EPRA baada ya Iran kufunga Mlango wa Hormuz

Bei za mafuta kimataifa zimepanda sana baada ya Iran kufunga Mlango wa Hormuz, ambao hushughulikia asilimia 20 ya mafuta na gesi ya kimataifa, hivyo kuathiri bei za Kenya.

Siku chache kabla ya Mamlaka ya Kudhibiti Nishati na Mafuta (EPRA) kutangaza bei mpya za mafuta tarehe 14 Machi 2026, bei za mafuta kimataifa zimepanda kwa kiasi kikubwa baada ya Iran kufunga Mlango wa Hormuz Jumapili, Machi 1, 2026. Kufungwa huku kusababisha kusimamishwa kwa usafirishaji wa kimataifa na kuongeza bei za mafuta kote duniani.

Kulingana na vyanzo, bei za mafuta ya kimataifa zinatarajiwa kupita Ksh12,800 (USD 100) kwa barili, hivyo kuathiri bei za kuwasili Kenya, ambazo hutumiwa na EPRA kuamua bei za pampu. Hata hivyo, serikali ya Kenya ina mkataba wa serikali kwa serikali (G-to-G) na kampuni za Saudi Arabia kusafirisha mafuta, lakini mkataba huu uko hatarini kutokana na njia za bima ghali zaidi.

Mlango wa Hormuz ni njia bora na ghali kidogo kwa usafirishaji kutoka nchi za Ghuba, ikiwa ni pamoja na Saudi Arabia na Umoja wa Falme za Kiarabu (UAE). Njia mbadala zinahusisha kufunga mzunguko Afrika, ambayo ni ghali. Hii inamaanisha kuwa hata kama mafuta yanapatikana, bei ya mwisho itapanda ili kugharamia gharama za usafirishaji kutoka Ghuba hadi Bandari ya Mombasa.

Katika mapitio ya EPRA ya awali, kutoka Februari 15 hadi Machi 14, 2026, bei zilipunguzwa: Petrol Super kwa Ksh4.24 hadi Ksh178.28, Dizeli kwa Ksh3.93 hadi Ksh166.54, na Keroseni kwa Ksh1.00 hadi Ksh152.78. Kupunguza huku kulifuata kushuka kwa gharama za kuwasili: Petrol kwa asilimia 2.69 kutoka Ksh76,288.03 hadi Ksh74,239.91 kwa mita kabichi (Desemba hadi Januari 2026); Dizeli kwa asilimia 6.37 kutoka Ksh80,733.36 hadi Ksh75,587.29; na Keroseni kwa asilimia 1.44 kutoka Ksh78,260.16 hadi Ksh77,135.62.

Kabla ya kufungwa, mvutano nchini Iran ulikuwa umeathiri tayari bei, na mafuta ghafi yikipanda hadi zaidi ya Ksh8,500 (67 USD) kwa barili, kiwango cha juu zaidi tangu Agosti 2025.

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