Election choppers drive jet fuel consumption up 20pc

Politicians’ helicopters at a political rally in Nyamira in July. PHOTO | ONDARI OGEGA | NMG

Jet fuel consumption jumped by 20 percent in the six months to June on increasing domestic flights and helicopter rides driven by heightened political activity ahead of the just concluded elections.

Data from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) shows that choppers and commercial jets consumed 361.69 million litres of fuel in the period up from 298.96 million litres in a similar period last year.

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