Here is UHURU‘s warning to fuel transporters who are on strike at the Nairobi fuel depot - You will not get your new licenses for striking
Other Political News, Politics 07:29
Wednesday
September 5,2018 - The
Government of President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued a stern warning to fuel
transporters who are on strike following the introduction of the 16
percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum products.
In a statement issued
by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
on Wednesday, the commission threatened not to renew licenses for fuel
transporters who took part in protests over the tax increase.
ERC
Managing Director, Robert Pavel Oimeke, said they will be forced to take action
if the transporters do not resume normal operations.
The
Kenya Independent Petroleum Dealers Association announced an indefinite strike
on Tuesday, demanding that the Government shelves the tax for now.
The strike could affect
supply of fuel in parts of the country, with the association claiming to
control 55 per cent of the retail market.
Big oil marketers Shell, Total and KenolKobil control the other market
segment.
“This is in solidarity with all the other
Kenyans against the Government’s decision.”
“The strike is indefinite until the decision is reversed,”
the chairman of the Kenya Independent Petroleum Dealers Association, Joseph
Karanja, told journalists on Tuesday.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
