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ERC talks tough on fuel adulteration ::…

NAIROBI, KENYA: Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued tough warning to petroleum transporters in a strategy aimed at curbing fuel adulteration. The industry regulator now says that companies whose road tankers will be found transporting adulterated petroleum products or parked in unlicensed petroleum storage facilities shall have their operating licenses revoked. Further, petroleum road tanker […]

Crushing petroleum products adulteration through fuel marking

The practice of adulteration is nothing new and unscrupulous elements indulge in it without any fear of the legal implications. There is almost no industry that is spared in this regard. Adulteration is rampant in food items, petroleum products , paints, etc. It goes unchecked as law enforcers are unable to check the practice. The […]

If you are aware, complain: MoEA Minister…

November 28, 2017 News Leave a comment 2,204 Views Economic Affairs Minister Lekey Dorji on November 24 urged that concerned person should come forward and file complaint with office concerned if he or she can prove cases of adulteration at the fuel station. Adulteration, the minister said, was a serious and punishable offence. The minister […]

ACAUT files PIL on ‘fuel adulteration’ case…

Dimapur, November 6 (MExN): A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench by the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland and Others seeking CBI enquiry into the ‘fuel adulteration case’ on November 6. The PIL, which was admitted by the High Court, have the State Chief Secretary; the […]

Stations closed after ERC’s tests at 753…

NAIROBI, KENYA: Energy Regulatory Commission has closed a number of petrol stations selling adulterated or export bound motor fuels in the local market. In the latest crackdown, the commission closed six stations and reopened a number after paying fine running into hundreds of shillings. ALSO READ: High Court overrules ERC on Sh270m fuel testing tender […]

KDCC demands repair of roads throughout the…

Kohima, September 6 (MExN): The Kohima District Congress Committee (KDCC) held an emergency consultative meeting with all its frontal organisations, including District Youth, District NSUI and District Mahila and presidents of all seven Assembly Constituency Congress Committee at Congress Bhavan, Kohima on September 5. KDCC President, Kevi Vizo in a press release said the meeting […]

Why Kenyan motorists still use adulterated fuel…

Police officers during the closure of an illegal fuel depot in Salgaa, Nakuru. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP An illegal fuel adulteration network is continuing with its activities one year after senior Energy ministry and security officials intensified a crackdown to dismantle the powerful cartel. Investigations by the Nation show that the organised […]

Mayabunder | After C/Bay, fuel adulteration reported…

Albeit complaints from the automobile industry about rise in adulteration of fuel across the country and diktat issued by the Apex Court to employ technology to prevent fuel defilement, fresh reports have poured in from the remote headquarter region of the North and Middle Andaman district about damage caused to several vehicles in the area […]