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April 7, 2026
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Energy Ministry Halts Payment for Controversial Fuel Consignment

Energy Ministry Halts Payment for Controversial Fuel Consignment

Wandayi directed the company to immediately cancel all invoices issued to oil marketing firms and instead issue credit notes for the disputed cargo. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke..

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Kenya's Energy Ministry has ordered One Petroleum Ltd to withdraw a controversial fuel consignment, citing a breach of the Government-to-Government (G-to-G) fuel supply framework and potential consumer cost increases.

  • Sh14 per litre potential additional cost burden to consumers.
  • The consignment's price was KSh 198,000 per metric tonne, significantly higher than the G-to-G benchmark of KSh 140,000.
  • Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi directed the cancellation of invoices and instructed Oil Marketing Companies not to pay for or uplift the product.
  • The disputed cargo of 60,000-metric-tonne of Super Petrol was imported outside the established G-to-G procedures.

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