Two private consultants have recommended that the government sets a ceiling on margins enjoyed by wholesalers in the fuel business in Kenya as part of a strategy to tame stockouts and run-away consumer prices.
UK-based Channoil Consulting Ltd and Nairobi-based Kurrent Technologies Ltd said the recommendation would address the high and unregulated margin by petroleum wholesalers which outpriced last-mile retailers resulting in periodic stockouts of petroleum products in far-flung areas.
