Kenya Pipeline Company on the Spot over Missing Sh3.4 Billion Jet Fuel

The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) is once again embroiled in a scandal involving missing jet fuel estimated to be worth Sh3.4 billion.

The Standard reports that oil marketers claim KPC cannot account for 51.2 million liters of jet fuel.

The disappearance may have sparked a shortage of jet fuel witnessed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) last week.

The week-long shortage forced flights operating from JKIA to refuel in the neighboring countries including Uganda, South Sudan, and Tanzania.

In a letter to KPC, nine oil companies have asked the State agency to explain the disappearance of the fuel.

“The 51,266 cubic meters variance of our DPK/Jet stocks in the KPC system requires an explanation from KPC as we have already imported this stock, and discharged it into KPC system and the same confirmed by your records."

“Kindly, but urgently, clarify this to the oil industry as the current Jet A-1 crisis is unclear to us, as we have imported sufficient stock to service the Kenya Aviation requirements,” The Standard quotes a letter addressed to the agency by nine oil firms.

In a bid to curb the looming shortage, KPC allegedly suppressed daily jet fuel limits by 30 percent, but this didn't work.

Last year, Sh1.2 billion scandal was unearthed at the parastatal after 11.2 million liters of fuel went missing under mysterious circumstances through alleged leakages and vandalism over a two-year period.