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MPs say Essar Energy Overseas duped State, put Kenya Petroleum Refinery Limited on deathbed

KPRL chairman Suleiman Shakombo when he appeared before the parliamentary committee on Energy.  [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]

By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU

The government was conned in the partnership deal with Essar Energy Overseas Limited to run the country’s sole oil refinery, a parliamentary committee said Wednesday.

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