Tanzanians will now dig deeper into their pockets after President Samia Suluhu’s administration announced an increase in fuel prices.
This is due to increased charges in the global fuel market.
Tanzania’s Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) has announced that a litre of petrol will retail at Tsh.3213 (Ksh.183) in Dar-es-Salaam, up from Tsh.3199 (KSh182).
Diesel will sell at Tsh.3259 (Ksh.186) from Tsh.2935 (Ksh.167).
The prices will also be determined by importation route, with those imported through the Tanga port going for Tsh.3259 from Tsh.3245. Petrol imported through the Mtwara port will sell at Tsh.3285 from Tsh.3271.
The new prices are effective September 6, 2023.
The new price list is the highest ever in Tanzania, and it comes a month after the prices were reviewed upwards by Ksh.27.
EWURA Director General James Mwainyekule then said the dollar increase had been prompted by the shortage of petroleum products effecting a rise in cap prices thereby crippling importation costs into Tanzania.
“Changes in prices of petroleum products in August 2023 are mainly due to challenges in the availability of US Dollars and changes in the fuel levy, prices of petroleum products in the world market, and premiums in the importation of petroleum products,” Ewura stated as quoted by the Citizen.
