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Opiyo Wandayi: The man at centre of petrol waiver scandal

CS Energy and Petroleum Opiyo Wandayi before the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget at Parliament, Nairobi, March 31, 2026. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

As four senior government officials spend a fourth night in cold police cells over a questionable fuel shipment that has thrown Kenya’s petroleum sector into turmoil, documents obtained by The Standard point to an uncomfortable truth: none of it could have happened without the express blessing of Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi.

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