murchr wrote:Ericsson wrote:murchr wrote:Ericsson wrote:murchr wrote:Why is the price of petrol going up yet the shilling is strong?
Kenya pipeline charges went up.
International price of oil International oil prices are flat. The shilling is stronger against the dollar. So back to my question, why are Kenyans being forced to pay more at the pump?
Oil trading is normally on futures.
The current retail prices been set are based on the international oil prices in November 2019
Wacha mchezo wewe, internationally prices at the pump are going down. We seem to be the ones on the inverse

@Murchr
Read my two statements again highlighted in blue.
Oil trading is on futures orders.The current pump prices are reflective of the price of brent crude in November.
Check the link below for the behaviour of oil prices in November 2019;
https://countryeconomy.c...erials/brent?dr=2019-11
The current international prices you are saying are going down will be reflected locally in pump prices in May 2020.
The lag is usually 90 days.
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