Queries as oil company boss sit in energy sector regulatory board

One of the Gapco fuel stations on Moi Avenue in Mombasa which rebranded in 2017 after the firm was acquired by Total. Mr Macharia Irungu is the managing director of the firm and a manager at Total. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The appointment of an oil marketer executive into the highest organ in the energy sector regulator has sparked an outcry over conflict of interest.

Total Kenya’s strategy and corporate affairs director Macharia Irungu was appointed as a commissioner at the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority in a move that has raised eyebrows within and outside the industry.

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