A Nairobi petitioner has moved to  Court seeking to suspend the latest fuel price hike announced by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority.

Francis Awino in the petition filed before the Constitutional and Human Rights Division,  argues  that the increase is unconstitutional, opaque and economically punitive to Kenyans.

He accuses the government and state agencies of failing to disclose how approximately KSh5 billion from the Petroleum Development Levy Fund was used despite the sharp increase in fuel prices.

The case targets EPRA, the National Treasury, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, the Attorney General, the Kenya Bureau of Standards and the National Standards Council.

Court documents show he is challenging the revised fuel prices announced for the period between May 15 and June 14, 2026, where Super Petrol increased by KSh16.65 per litre and Diesel by KSh46.29 per litre while Kerosene prices remained unchanged.

” Despite the government reducing VAT on petroleum products from 16 percent to 8 percent and deploying billions from the fuel stabilisation fund, consumers were still hit with a significant price increase without sufficient public explanation,” he says in court documents.

The petition also challenges the government’s temporary relaxation of fuel sulphur standards announced on April 30, 2026, claiming the move poses health and environmental risks to Kenyans.

In the suit, the petitioner claims the government failed to conduct adequate public participation or provide transparency on the pricing formula, subsidy allocations and implementation measures despite the economic impact on transport, food prices and the cost of living.

“The decisions have sparked public anger and risk triggering unrest due to the rising cost of fuel and essential commodities across the country,” he notes

Among the orders sought, Awino wants the court to suspend the implementation of the new fuel prices, compel the government to disclose how the KSh5 billion levy fund was utilised and quash the temporary waiver on fuel sulphur standards pending public participation and environmental review.