EPRA shuts down 5 stations discovered promoting adulterated and export-bound gasoline

EPRA shuts down 5 stations discovered promoting adulterated and export-bound gasoline

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The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) on Monday, December 30, 2024, launched a report detailing the related actions taken in opposition to stations discovered to be non-compliant.

In their report, EPRA detailed that six filling stations had been closed for selling adulterated or export-bound fuel. According to EPRA, others had been shut down for malpractice.

The six stations’ closure adopted a take a look at carried out between October – December 2024. During that interval, 5,970 checks had been carried out at 1,295 petroleum websites. From the checks, 1,284 (99.15 per cent ) of the websites had been discovered to be compliant.

Closed stations

However, checks from 11 stations (0.85 per cent ) turned out to be non-compliant.

“The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (The Authority) is remitted underneath Section 92 of the Petroleum Act 2019 to observe petroleum merchandise provided on the market within the native market with the purpose of stopping motor gasoline adulteration or dumping of export-bound fuels.

“In this regard, the authority undertakes a programme of continuous monitoring of the quality of petroleum motor fuels on sale, transport and storage throughout the country,” the report read in part.

On October 22, 2024, EPRA closed down a station in Embu County which was discovered culpable of providing on the market diesel meant for export.

In Machakos County, the authority closed down two stations on December 2, 2024. One station was reported to have denied EPRA officers a chance to check their product whereas the opposite one was discovered responsible of promoting diesel meant for export.

A station in Busia County was shut down on December 16, 2024, for promoting diesel meant for export and contaminated with home Kerosene.

An analogous motion was taken in opposition to stations in Kiambu County and Siaya County.

Four different stations had been compelled to pay taxes and penalties north of Ksh100,000 earlier than they had been allowed to proceed with their operations.

However, one matter remains to be in court docket involving a Nairobi-based station.

List on sale of adulterated or export-bound fuels and malpractices Oct-Dec 2024

During the interval, 5,970 checks had been carried out at 1,295 petroleum websites. However, checks from 11 websites had been non-compliant.

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— Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (@EPRA_Ke) December 30, 2024