How State was fried in imported edible oils deal

When the government destroyed 800 jerricans of 20 litres of edible oils worth Sh800 million after the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) declared it unfit for human consumption on July 01, 2019. [File, Standard]

Members of Parliament are now looking into how the government could have lost Sh62 billion in revenue in the last three years through the importation of edible palm oil disguised as crude palm oil.

According to documents tabled before a House team, the product was imported from countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia through the port of Mombasa and was destined for the East Africa Community market.