Cabinet Secretary for Petroleum and Energy, Opiyo Wandayi failed to appear before the National Assembly’s Energy Committee on April 9,2026, leaving lawmakers frustrated as they sought answers over allegations of substandard petroleum imports allegedly bypassing the Government-to-Government (G-to-G) framework. The committee, chaired by David Gikaria, had summoned Wandayi to clarify the origin, authorization, and procedural
Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi has issued urgent directives following the unauthorised importation of a 60,000-metric-tonne consignment of Super Petrol into Kenya, in breach of the Government-to-Government (G-to-G) framework. In a statement on April 7, Wandayi highlighted that this consignment was priced at KSh 198,000 per metric tonne, significantly higher than the KSh 140,000 per metric tonne
Orange Democratic Movement Leader Dr Oburu Oginga has come out to defend Cabinet Secretaries Opiyo Wandayi and Lee Kinyanjui amid rising calls for their resignation over the Ksh 4.8 billion fuel scandal. In a statement released on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, the ODM party leader urged political leaders to stop politicizing the fuel scandal but