In an effort to combat the threat, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Body (EPRA) disclosed the names of petrol stations that had been found selling contaminated fuel on Wednesday, June 30.
The agency announced in a public notice that it discovered eleven stations selling diluted fuel or petroleum destined for export for a three-month period from April to June 2021.
“A total of 5,598 tests were done at 1,237 petroleum locations from April to June 2021.”
According to EPRA, the majority of gas stations were found to be selling Diesel or Petrol with a high sulphur content, which has a negative influence on emission control systems’ efficacy.
EPRA shut down the pumps and penalized some stations up to Ksh760,000 in taxes and penalties in order to restart them.
Here is the list of the petrol stations list by EPRA:
1. Be Energy Racecourse Service Station – Nairobi
2. Zeemax Energy Service Station – Marsabit
3.Mishemishe Filling Station – Meru
4.Shukran Filling Station – Trans Nzoia
5. Nyakawili Filling Station – Homabay
6. OLA Energy Kapenguria Service Station – West Pokot
7. Gen Eighteen Fourty Filling – Migori
8. Philip Waweru Mwangi Filling Station – Nakuru
9. Test Report- Tezo Filling Station – Kilifi
10. Sifa Petroleum Filling Station – Meru
11. Catasteph Filling Station – Lamu
The regulator asked members of the public to report suspected occurrences of petroleum fuel adulteration or export dumping by calling the hotline number (0709336000) or using the Authority’s USSD code (*363#) and SMS service code (40850).
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