Epra on the spot for 'siding' with big oil firms in cooking gas row

Traders at a gas outlet in Nyeri town. The High Court has stopped enforcement raids on such premises until the hearing of a pending court case. [File, Standard]  

Local small and medium-sized gas dealers have won the first round in a battle pitting them against major oil marketing companies.

The dealers claim the oil majors have been trying to squeeze them out of business through alleged illegal raids and arrests.