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Businesswoman Anne Njeri in Sh17b oil deal skips parliamentary grilling

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Vincent Kawire, chair of the National Assembly's Energy Committee (3rd right), discusses with committee members after Ann Njeri who was scheduled to appear before the committee on the disputed 17billion oil consignment, failed to appear in Nairobi on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A businesswoman who claims to own Sh17 billion worth of diesel that is at the centre of a political storm has failed to appear before a Parliamentary committee probing the controversial oil import deal.

Anne Njeri Njoroge, the director of Ann's Import and Exports Enterprises Limited, was expected to face the National Assembly's Energy Committee on Wednesday, November 22, but sent a letter signed by Diro Advocates LLP, saying she was "indisposed and immobile."

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