MPs will on Wednesday grill the woman at the centre of a controversial consignment of about 100,000 metric tonnes of oil valued at Sh17 billion.
Ann Njeri will appear before members of the National Assembly Committee on Energy at the Mini Chamber, County Hall at 9.30 am.
On December 8, the Clerk of the National Assembly Samuel Njoroge warned Njeri against snubbing invites by the committee.
Njeri had been scheduled to appear before the Vincent Musyoka Musau-led committee on November 22, 2023, but she failed to show up.
“Be advised that failure to appear before the Committee this time may result in the summons for your appearance being issued in line with the National Assembly Standing Order 191(1)(a) and (b),” Njoroge said in his letter to the businesswoman.
MPs are seeking to establish whether the consignment belongs to Njeri’s Ann’s Import and Export Enterprises Limited or the company registered as Galana Energies.
Also to appear before the committee on Wednesday are the management of Galana Oil, Kenya Ports Authority and Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir.
The group is expected to apprise the committee of the ownership details of the consignment, country of origin and intended destination of the cargo amongst other concerns.
Chirchir will also be questioned over frequent power outages in the country.
The businesswoman has found herself at the centre of controversy after government officials claimed the consignment she laid claim to belongs to Galana Energies Limited.
Chirchir and the Kenya Ports Authority have maintained that Njeri is not the true owner of the oil consignment, alleging she used forged documents to assert ownership.
Njeri who claims to be the real owner of the Sh17 billion consignment went missing on November 9, 2023, moments after recording a statement at the DCI headquarters only to re-surface on November 14, 2023.
Opposition Leader Raila Odinga has insisted that Chirchir and Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u should resign over the Sh17 billion oil saga.
