(Reuters) - Tanzania on Thursday raised the price of petrol and kerosene at the pump and marginally lowered that of diesel, citing a weaker local currency and swings in international energy prices.
Fuel prices are the second-biggest drivers of inflation in the east African nation, after food commodities.
The Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) put up the retail price of petrol by 0.75 percent and that of kerosene by 0.68 percent.
It cut the price of diesel by 0.07 percent in the latest monthly review of retail prices, which take immediate effect.
"These changes have been caused by changes of prices of petroleum products in the world market and depreciation of Tanzanian shilling against the American dollar," EWURA said in a statement.
EWURA raised the price of petrol in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam by 17 shillings to 2,227 shillings per litre and that of kerosene by 14 shillings to 2,060 shillings per litre.
Diesel prices in the commercial capital fell by 1 shilling to 2,123 shillings per litre.
