How government milked price controls to slap Kenyans with high fuel costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

In 2011, the government moved to enforce price controls by effecting maximum pump prices through the then Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). The e...

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) , fuel costs , National Treasury , taxes

Oil marketers in Kenya under fire over hoarding fuel stocks in anticipation of price increase

By Kepha Muiruri,

Oil Marketing companies (OMCs) are once again on the spot as they now hold back stocks of fuel in anticipation of a price increase in the next maximum...

EPRA , fuel prices

Oil marketers conspire to raise fuel prices as Kenyans brace for tough times ahead

By Kepha Muiruri,

Oil marketers have made an attempt to manoeuvre existing marketing rules to retain higher fuel costs to Kenyans this month, denying relief to consumer...

EPRA , fuel prices , KenolKobil , oil prices

National Oil ends speculation in CEO Morintat Leparan pick

By Kepha Muiruri,

The board of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) has ended speculation on the firm’s leadership appointing Morintat Leparan as the company�...

Morintat Leparan , National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK)

Munyes names new Acting National Oil MD, reverses Nyamongo appointment

By Kepha Muiruri,

Petroleum and Mining Cabinet Secretary John Munyes has appointed George Kubai as the interim Managing Director to the National Oil Corporation of Keny...

John Munyes , Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) , National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK)

Oil operations to resume next week

By Sophie Kinoti,

The government will resume trucking crude oil from Turkana to Mombasa next week, two months after the project stalled due to disputes with the local c...

community dispute , John Munyes , Martin Mbogo , Ministry of Petroleum , Mombasa , MOU , road , transport , trucking , Tullow Oil , turkana

Govt delays resumption of oil trucking

By Citizen Reporter,

The government has pushed back plans to resume oil transport from Turkana to Mombasa scheduled for tomorrow as it meets Tullow officials to come up wi...

delays , John Munyes , Oil , Politics , revenue share , sovereign fund , state department of petroleum , trucking , Tullow Oil , turkana

Govt plans sovereign fund for oil revenue as blockade continues

By Kepha Muiruri,

The government is considering setting up a sovereign fund to manage the local community revenue share from proceeds of the country’s crude oil. T...

crude oil , early oil pilot scheme , FID , field development , final investment decision , insecurity , John Munyes , local community , Oil , revenue , security , Tullow Oil , turkana , Uhuru kenyatta

Govt seeks community support for oil pipeline project

By Josphister Lengarpatei,

The government has begun engaging communities in five counties along the proposed oil pipeline route to get their support in the project. The move ...

community support , John Munyes , Ministry of Petroleum , Oil Pipeline , Samburu governor Moses Kasaine , security , Tanzania , Total , Tullow , uganda

Mombasa-Nairobi pipeline set for April commissioning

By Kepha Muiruri,

Mechanical and electrical works for the new Mombasa-Nairobi pipeline are now complete paving the way for the completion of the project by the Kenya Pi...