Nairobi, Feb. 19 -- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collected about Sh25.9 billion more in fuel taxes in the six months to last December, even as consumption dropped on record-high pump prices.

The official fuel consumption figures show the KRA collected an estimated Sh164.03 billion in fuel taxes between last July and December, up from Sh139.08 billion in 2022.

Consumption dropped five percent in the wake of the increased prices, with 2.28 billion litres of petrol, diesel and kerosene used in the period compared to 2.4 billion litres in the second half of 2022.

The jump in tax collections came at a time when the National Assembly voted to double value-added tax (VAT) on petrol, diesel and kerosene to 16 percent effective last July y...