Eighteen filling stations have been flagged by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) for selling impure fuel.
The agency stated in a notice issued to the public that it undertook its probe in 1,529 stations between April and June this year.
EPRA established that of the total stations under review, 1,511 had been selling adulterated fuel commodities to motorists and other customers.
"From the tests, 1,511 (98.82%) of the sites were found to be compliant. However, tests from Eighteen, 18 (1.18%) of the sites turned out to be non-compliant," EPRA said in its communique.
The fuel stations in question are spread across the country.
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The stations' malpractices ranged from selling super petrol contaminated with kerosene, offering for sale diesel meant for export and selling of diesel contaminated with domestic kerosene, among others.
Among them is Wilbur Petrol Filling Station based in Kajiado, Bungoma's Kaptama Filling Station, Tranz Nzoia's Station One Filling Station, Kisumu's Obola Filling Station and Illama Enterprise Filling Station among others.
Others on the spot are Chaka Filling Station in Nyeri, Hokkaido Filling Station in Athi River, Neversoft Filling Station in Dandora, Alysent Petroleum Filling Station in Taita Taveta and Evolving Filling Station in Vihiga.
During the aforementioned period tests from eighteen, (18) petroleum retail stations turned out to be non- compliant while, ten (10) Liqeufied Petroleum Gas (Lpg) facilities were found undertaking LPG malpractices. Check out the full public notices here >> https://t.co/AzVntBX9vr
— Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (@EPRA_Ke) June 29, 2023
In the wake of this, EPRA called on the members of the public to remain vigilant and to report any suspected instances of malpractice in the petroleum and LPG sector.
Meanwhile, EPRA has increased fuel prices significantly following the increase of Value Added Tax from 8 percent to 16 percent on the Finance Act 2023.
In a statement on Friday, June 30, EPRA stated that the price of petrol will increase by Ksh 13.49 per litre, diesel by Ksh 12.39 per litre and kerosene by Ksh 11.96 per litre.
"The Energy Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has recalculated the maximum pump prices that will be in force from 1st July to 14th July 2023 taking into account VAT at 16%. As a result, the changes in the maximum allowed petroleum pump prices in Nairobi are as follows: Super Petrol, Diesel and Kerosene increase by KShs.13.49 per litre, KShs.12.39 per litre and KShs.11.96 per litre respectively,” the statement read in part.
Super petrol in Nairobi would now be retailed at Ksh 195.53 while Diesel and Kerosene will retail at Ksh 179.67 and Ksh 173.44 respectively.
The new fuel prices come despite the High Court issuing conservatory orders blocking the implementation of the Finance Act 2023.
