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New fuel inspector launches laboratory in readiness for task
Industrialisation minister, Henry Kosgey (right) and Rajiv Bahl, managing director of Geo Chem, at the launch of the fuel testing laboratory. Photo/FILE
We are a member of the Indian Bureau of Standards and act as their agent for most commodities.
Geo Chem is accredited by the International Federation of Inspection Agencies, a grouping of international inspection companies. Inspection is a business of trust.
We are an Asian-oriented company but are now spreading out to new business frontiers, including Africa.
How was your company picked?
Kebs do not have laboratories that meet international standards. Geo Chem Middle East can provide them with that service.
Currently, the local inspection business is quite monopolistic, with a few companies privileged to have entered into private arrangements with the Kenyan-based oil marketers.
The two existing private surveyors do not have laboratories. The government has told us that pump volumes are higher than the volume of imports declared.
We will strive to harmonise the two. The tender is period-specific but has a clause for renewal. From past experience, Kebs has taken over as soon as projects have taken off.
So why do you think you have you taken so much flak from your competitors?
At present, the government is at the mercy of importers and private surveyors. Quality standards are unclear and the exact quantities of fuel imports are also unknown.
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