ODM leader Oburu Oginga has defended Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi and Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui, calling attempts to "publicly lynch" them over a fuel importation scandal misplaced.

• Estimated loss to taxpayers: Sh4.8 billion
• Key officials arrested and questioned include Petroleum Principal Secretary Mohamed Liban, Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Managing Director Joe Sang, and EPRA Director General Daniel Kiptoo, all of whom resigned.
• The controversy surrounds an overpriced and substandard fuel consignment purchased outside the established Government-to-Government framework.