Nairobi, Feb. 14 -- Pump prices will from midnight (Wednesday) drop Sh1, denying consumers relief at the pump given the fall in the global costs of crude.

The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) Tuesday set prices at Sh195.47 per litre of diesel and Sh206.36 per litre of super petrol in Nairobi, from Sh196.47 and Sh207.36 respectively.

The marginal drop on the back of a fall in global prices will do little to ease pressure on homes and businesses given that Kenya's diesel-run economy will not significantly feel the impact on the cost of goods and services.

"In the period under review, the maximum allowed petroleum pump prices for super petrol, diesel and kerosene decrease by Sh1 per respectively," the regulator said on Wed...