Petitioner seeks to suspend the latest fuel price review

A petitioner has moved to high court seeking conservatory orders to suspend the latest fuel prices announced by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, EPRA. The petitioner, Francis Awino, argues that the decision is unconstitutional, economically punitive and lacks transparency. Awino has sued EPRA, cabinet secretaries for the National Treasury, Energy and Petroleum and Investments, Trade and Industry, the Attorney General, Kenya Bureau of Standards and the National Standards Council.