Tricks that oil firms use to dodge fuel-pricing formula

Trucks on a queue at the loading area of the Kenya Pipeline Company, Eldoret Depot. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard]

Oil marketing companies are blatantly violating the law by disregarding the new price-capping formula in a move meant a move to protect their margins.

This is happening at the expense of businesses that operate retail outlets under different brand names, mostly those of major market players.