On Saturday September 1, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich implemented the 16 percent price increment on all petroleum products.
These changes had been extended since the Finance Act 2013, reveals the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).
The Treasury CS chose to implement the new prices despite cries from Kenyans which had led the parliament to suspend the implementation of these high prices.
“KRA has instituted measures to support oil industry players in complying with the law. We have also engaged the Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure coordinated action by relevant Government agencies,” read a statement released on Saturday.
The Central Organizations Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli differed with the Treasury CS’s move to implement the fuel prices increment even after the parliament passed a bill to stop it.
Speaking from his Ildamat home in Kajiado County today, Atwoli asked the Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji to look into CS Rotich’s rush in implementing the 16% price increment of fuel products, citing that he could be having selfish interests in it.
Atwoli further revealed that workers might go into protests across the country against the implementation as it will increase the cost of living and even kill Kenya’s economy.