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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 […]

Verdict: High Court overrules Energy Regulatory Commission…

High Court overrules ERC on Sh270m fuel testing tender Swiss firm wins back tender after regulator was found to have changed tendering rules. NAIROBI, KENYA: The High Court has ordered the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to reinstate a  Sh270 million controversial tender for checking fuel adulteration and substandard gas awarded to a Swiss firm. Judge John Mativo in an order dated September 22 ruled that the decision by the regulator to terminate the initial tender advertised […]

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 […]

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KPC seeks hi-tech kit to curb fuel…

Kenya Pipeline Company managing director Joe Sang. FILE PHOTO | NMG Lack of a high-tech system has paved the way for thugs to steal fuel from the main Kenya Pipeline Company pipes, it has emerged. KPC general manager in charge of operations and maintenance Peter Mbugua said they were yet to acquire a lead detection […]

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KRA employs cargo tracking system in fuel…

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) have stepped up the war on adulterated and dumping of fuel in the North Rift with the introduction of an electronic cargo management system. The taxman’s North Rift regional coordinator Florence Otory said the area between was notorious for unscrupulous individuals who divert the commodity […]