Energy bosses' arrests expose racket to import poor quality fuel

EPRA boss Daniel Kiptoo, KPC MD Joe Sang and Energy PS Liban Mohamed who who were arrested over the alleged importation of substandard fuel. [File, Standard]

Thursday night arrests of top energy sector chiefs by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers have burst open an unholy conspiracy, exposing a grand scheme to let substandard fuel into the country that would have put Kenyans’ lives at risk.

Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Director Joe Sang, Petroleum Principal Secretary Mohamed Liban and Daniel Kiptoo, the Director-General of Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra), were arrested and held at Gigiri Police Station.