Tag Archives: Fuel prices

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recent spiraling in fuel prices in Uganda has been attributed to the need to ration the available fuel stocks rather than profiteering. Fuel prices have been rising sharply since late last year but since the beginning of this month, they have risen more sharply …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bus operators have maintained transport fares despite being allowed to carry full capacity of passengers. On Friday during the end of year address, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni allowed public transport to resume carrying at full capacity. Initially, the transporters had doubled the fares after the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked government to intervene in the skyrocketing fuel prices, saying businesses are starting to crumble due to the high transport costs. The MPs who addressed journalists on Monday in the Members’ Lounge at Parliament say that whereas fuel prices have been …

Experts explain why prices more likely to go up Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On November 22, 2021 when this article was written, the average price of petrol at pump station in Uganda was Shs4,590 (approx. US$1.3) per litre which was the highest among member states of the East …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has asked the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development to present a statement on Wednesday next week regarding the rising fuel prices. The pump price for petrol has in the last few weeks been increasing and is currently …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some taxi drivers and boda-boda operators in Busia district have opted to cross to neighboring Kenya to buy petrol because of the hiked prices in the country. In Busia district, a litre of petrol at a pump fuel station costs between Shillings 4,530 and 4,610 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ruth Nankbirwa, the Energy and Minerals Minister says Ugandans should tighten their belts because the government cannot intervene to lower fuel prices. The pump prices for petrol rose as high as 4,250 shillings by Wednesday, from about 4,190 shillings per litre. Generally, the prices have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fuel stations have maintained prices of fuel even after the new fuel tax of 100 Shillings that took effect on Thursday having been approved by parliament for the 2021/22 financial year. Government increased the fuel tax per litre of petrol and diesel by Ush100 for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fuel prices in Uganda to remain stable even when tensions between the United States and Iran have seen the global prices edge up a little bit, a dealer has said. According to Daniel Mushabe, the General Manager of Mount Meru Petroleum Limited, most dealers had …