Two local oil firms imported expensive petrol outside the government-to-government (G-2-G) supply contract between Kenya and three Gulf oil majors, setting consumers up for a potential steep climb in pump prices from April 15.
Industry sources revealed that One Petroleum and Oryx were, in early March, cleared by the Ministry of Energy to import 60 tonnes of petrol each, as the government scrambled to avert shortages tied to the US-Israel war with Iran.
