This archive report was first published on 29 July 2019.
Published on July 29, 2019, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has attributed a decrease in fuel adulteration cases to an increase in kerosene fuel pump prices.
According to EPRA's Acting Enforcement Director, Cyprian Nyakundi, the heightened surveillance and awareness campaigns have made the illicit trade unviable for unscrupulous traders.
Speaking during a one-day North Rift stakeholder's consultative workshop, Nyakundi stated, “We discovered that low price of kerosene was promoting the illegal trade, and we heightened surveillance to keep suspects out of business.”
Among the measures taken to deter fuel adulteration is a Sh18 per litre road maintenance levy on kerosene. EPRA has also rolled out massive awareness and sensitisation campaigns in collaboration with sector stakeholders.
Nyakundi warned owners of business premises in major towns to be on the lookout for unscrupulous traders who have set up illegal petroleum sites in their premises.
He cautioned those still engaged in the lucrative but illegal business that they will be arrested and arraigned in court.
