State pays dealers Sh8.6bn to keep fuel pump prices low

Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria has been appointed as Epra Director-General effective July 1, 2021. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG

Oil marketers received Sh8.64 billion from the State in compensation for the five months to August when dealers kept fuel prices unchanged to diffuse public outrage.

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) Director General Daniel Kiptoo made the revelations Tuesday when he appeared before the National Assembly committee on Finance and National Planning.

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