Prime

Swiss firm wins ERC contract to label oil products

Oil tankers at the Uganda-Kenya border in Busia. The ERC will award a tender to Swiss firm SGS to label petroleum products to curb dumping. PHOTO | FILE

A Swiss firm, SGS has won a contract to supply test kits and special labelling for petroleum products in Kenya as the government steps up its purge on the dumping and adulteration of fuels.

The public procurement watchdog cleared the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to hand the deal to the inspection, verification, testing and certification company — ending a tender feud that had threatened to stall the fight against product adulteration and dumping.

PAYE Tax Calculator

Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.

Get it First!

Stay up to date on the editors' picks of the week.

Latest

  1. PRIME Board voting lessons from Tata Sons saga

  2. PRIME M-Pesa, Airtel Money must report all mobile cash theft to CBK

  3. PRIME Why Kenya is unlikely to ink a new IMF deal before 2027 polls

  4. PRIME Affordable credit: Kenya’s impact debt opportunity hiding in plain sight

In the headlines

View All