Kenya: Govt Denies Allegations of Sh16bn Overpayment in G-2-G Fuel Deal

Nairobi — The government has denounced a report published on a local daily claiming that motorists overpaid Sh16 billion under a fuel deal with Gulf firms as well as Sh47 billion spent by the National Treasury on fuel subsidies.

State Department of Petroleum PS Mohamed Liban, in a statement, said that the importation of refined petroleum products is governed by the Petroleum Regulations, 2023, which include a Government-to-Government (G-to-G) arrangement initiated on April 1, 2023, aimed at…