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How oil marketers toyed with consumers as State watched

Long queues were witnessed in Migori town as the biting fuel shortage continued in Western Kenya last week [Courtesy]

Over the last two weeks, Kenyans saw an ugly side of the key players in the country’s petroleum industry.

Even back when traders would hoard products in anticipation of price increases, never were Kenyans made to walk around with jerrycans in search of fuel or queue at petrol stations as has been the case in the last few weeks.

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