Intrigues: KPA disowns oil importer's papers

Kenya Ports Authority Chairman of the board, Benjamin Tayari [right] and his Managing Director, Capt. William Ruto during a press conference at the Port in Mombasa. November 13, 2023. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

Tayari, who admitted the matter was already in court, however, said KPA has not been served with any documents and was not ready to talk much about the case.

He insisted the woman's bill of lading had many discrepancies.

Tayari explained that the purported bill of lading indicated that the origin of the cargo was from the Azerbaijan Republic and was loaded at Jeddah which was contrary to the actual origin which is Yanbu in Saudi Arabia.

Tayari also said the most significant issue about Njoroge's documents is that the ship's stamp purported bill of lading is not identical to Mt Haigui's stamp.

He said the ship's loading date is indicated as October 23, which contradicts the ship's actual loading date of between September 26 and 28 insisting the vessel could not be in Mombasa within two days; the voyage takes more than 10 days.

He further noted whenever cargo has been imported, the consignee and their respective portions of the bulk cargo are listed in the manifest submitted to KPA by a shipping agent but noted that was not the case in the woman's documents.

"KPA confirms that Ann's Import and Export Enterprises company is not one of the manifest consignees," said Tayari.