Energy Cabinet Secretary (CS) Opiyo Wandayi has been issued a 48-hour ultimatum to resign over the Ksh 4.8 billion fuel scandal involving the importation of substandard fuel outside the Government-to-Government (G-to-G) framework. While addressing the media on Thursday, April 9, 2026, a lobby group dubbed the Grassroots Economic Justice Movement called on the CS to
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