New guidelines by the energy regulatory authority that came into force this month has capped the volumes and number of retail outlets each marketing firm.<\/p>\n
Marketing firms starting this month (March) will be required to have at least 5 retail outlets or a storage deport or be able to sell at least 15 million liters of the various fuel grades each year before being granted import licenses.<\/p>\n
Apart from petrol marketers also have the duty to ensure that over one million liters of diesel is in the pipeline from the earlier requirement of 500 cubic meters.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCompanies defaulting on both of these items for two consecutive months will have their licence downgraded for not less than one year. Kenya Pipeline Corporation will report on these two items monthly,\u201d says ERC petroleum director Linus Gitonga<\/p>\n