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Beifiti Transport Premium Index

August 2026

This cycle

KSh 23.81

is what a litre of petrol costs in Mandera above the Mombasa price — 11.3% more. Mombasa, where every litre of Kenya’s fuel lands, pays KSh 210.87.

EPRA cycle 15 Aug - 14 Sep 2026Next release: 15 September 2026

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Paying most over Mombasa — August 2026

TownPetrolPremium%
Mandera234.68+23.81+11.3%
Eldas231.45+20.58+9.8%
Elwak230.94+20.07+9.5%
Moyale228.87+18.00+8.5%
Wajir228.60+17.73+8.4%
Tarbaj228.36+17.49+8.3%
North Horr227.88+17.01+8.1%
Sololo227.35+16.48+7.8%
Bute226.69+15.82+7.5%
Loyangalani226.63+15.76+7.5%

Cheapest towns

Kaloleni210.78-0.09
Samburu211.01+0.14
Likoni Mainland211.23+0.36
Kwale211.23+0.36
Taru211.30+0.43

Trader Markup Index — widest margins

Oranges+66.1%26 markets
Lemons+56.8%12 markets
Coriander (Dhania)+56.7%15 markets
Banana (Ripening)+55.1%18 markets
Pawpaw+54.2%16 markets
Banana (Cooking)+54.1%26 markets
Spinach+51.2%17 markets
Amaranthus (Terere)+49.8%10 markets

Method and sources

Transport Premium Index. EPRA gazettes a maximum retail price per Kenyan town each month, effective the 15th. The premium is that price minus the Mombasa price for the same product and cycle. Mombasa is the baseline because it is the port through which all of Kenya’s fuel enters. Towns with no gazetted price are excluded rather than estimated. Prices are caps — a station may sell below them, never above.

Trader Markup Index. From KAMIS daily market returns, using only rows where wholesale and retail were both recorded for the same commodity in the same market on the same day, per kilogramme. Rows with a wholesale price under KSh 1 or a markup above 200% are excluded as data-entry errors.

  • Fuel — EPRA, gazetted monthly
  • Market prices — KAMIS, Ministry of Agriculture
  • Both republished under the Access to Information Act 2016
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