The Motorists Association of Kenya (MAK) has opposed the government’s move to hike the road maintenance and fuel levy from Kes 18 to Kes 25 per liter, describing it as illegal.
This is after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) increased the levy by Kes 7 despite public criticism of the new tax.
MAK said EPRA revised the road maintenance fuel levy without public participation or parliamentary legislation.
“MAK is opposed to the mid July to August fuel prices where the Road Maintenance and Fuel Levy has been escalated from Kes 18 per litre to Kes 25 per litre despite submitted objections from the stakeholders and the general public.”
Further, the Association revealed that the decreasing fuel levy is a ploy to lure Kenyans into believing that pump prices have decreased significantly with the landed fuel costs that have decreased by a bigger margin.
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Additionally, MAK revealed that according to the Road Maintenance and Fuel Levy Audit, no roads have been done or repaired with the funds collected in the last year.
“The expansion of the road network from gravel and earth roads to bitumen from 161,451 Kilometers to 239, 122 Kilometers in the last 10 years today has reduced regular expensive grading significantly since bitumen requires little to no maintenance. Fuel pump price should be Kes 7 cheaper now something the EPRA has failed to do."
