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A fuel attendant at a petrol station Eleven petroleum sites across the country have been found to sell non-compliant products, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has announced.
EPRA said the sites were found to be selling adulterated or export-bound motor fuels in the local market.
“From the tests, 1,284 (99.15 per cent) of the sites were found to be compliant. However, tests from 11 (0.85 per cent) sites turned out to be non-compliant,” EPRA said.
Six stations were closed for non-compliance, four paid penalties while one matter is pending in court.
The agency noted that it conducted a total of 5,970 tests between October - December 2024, at 1,295 petroleum sites.
EPRA is mandated under Section 92 of the Petroleum Act 2019 to monitor petroleum products offered for sale in the local market to prevent motor fuel adulteration or dumping of export-bound fuels.
EPRA said two of the sites selling non-compliant products.
The nature of non-compliance included selling diesel containing high sulphur, offering for sale diesel meant for export and contaminated with domestic kerosene, selling Super Petrol adulterated with kerosene and offering for sale Super Petrol meant for export.
The authority noted that it maintains a hotline number (0709 366 000), operational during normal working hours to enhance enforcement and compliance activities.
Members of the public are requested to report suspected cases of petroleum fuels adulteration or export dumping through the hotline number as well as use the Authority’s USSD code (*363#) and SMS service code (40850),” it said.
In September 2024, EPRA closed 14 petrol stations and fined three others for selling adulterated fuel.
The authority indicated that the petrol stations had been flagged during a three-month crackdown that lasted between July and September 2024.
During the period July - September 2024, a total of 5,854 tests were conducted across 1,321 petroleum sites.
From the tests, 1,304 (98.71 per cent) of the sites were flagged for non-compliance
However, tests from 17 sites representing 1.29 per cent turned out to be non-compliant.
