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Oil marketers agree to sell fuel to smaller retailers

Bodaboda riders form long queues in search of fuel in Kakamega town amid the fuel crisis. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

Major oil marketers have agreed to sell petroleum products to small oil firms following a push by the government to avert another fuel shortage.

In a meeting brokered by the Ministry of Petroleum, the oil marketing companies (OMCs) agreed to increase sales to the smaller retailers, often referred to as independent dealers due to their non-affiliation with the big, mostly multinational, firms.

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