NAIROBI – The outcry over high cost of fuel that hit the roof last month has opened scrutiny on the open tender system (OTS) that Kenya uses to procure fuel.On Thursday, MPs made sweeping proposals aimed at significantly reducing taxes and levies on fuel to lower the price of the commodity.To further reduce the cost of fuel, Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek) has asked MPs to oversight the OTS.The lobby wants OTS tenders to be publicly advertised to show the date of the contracts, the bidders, when the tenders were advertised, bids that were received and how they were evaluated.Additionally, it wants the sizes of the cargo to be shipped in also made public, the past winners of the tenders since 2005, respective storage capacities of the bidders and the beneficial owners of the bidding companies.Cofek wants MPs to order the Ministry of Petroleum to open up the OTS to all marketing companies not just […]
FUEL COST – CONSUMERS FEDERATION CALLS FOR OPENNESS IN FUEL TENDER SYSTEM ( NAIROBI)
