{"id":57862,"date":"2024-02-01T22:37:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-have-not-raised-fuel-prices-mera"},"modified":"2024-02-01T22:58:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:58:11","slug":"we-have-not-raised-fuel-prices-mera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-have-not-raised-fuel-prices-mera","title":{"rendered":"We have not raised fuel prices \u2014 MERA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has denied social media reports that it has raised prices of fuel. MERA has released a statement today following reports circulating on social media that the authority has set new prices for fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrices of petroleum have not been adjusted,\u201d says MERA. \u201cMERA advises the general public to ignore fake reports circulating on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reports about the hike comes weeks after the energy regulator also hiked fuel prices by over 40 percent last month following the devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha. Currently, petrol is being sold at K2,530 while Diesel is at K2,734 per litre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has denied social media reports that it has raised prices of fuel. MERA has released a statement today following reports circulating on social media that the authority has set new prices for fuel. \u201cPrices of petroleum have not been adjusted,\u201d says MERA. \u201cMERA advises the general [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,25],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-57862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-featured","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We have not raised fuel prices \u2014 MERA - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has denied social media reports that it has raised prices of fuel. 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