President Ruto responds To Raila in the G to G oil deal.
President Ruto responds to Raila highlighting that the deal between Kenya and Saudi Arabia saying it was transparently done. He cited that the deal was necessary to ease the pressure on the Dollar.
President Ruto continued to explained that the government of Kenya is not a broker in the deal but a mere guarantor for international oil firms to supply the crucial commodity for six months on credit.
He stated,“The international oil companies sell fuel directly to oil marketers in Kenya. The entire process is private sector-driven,”
“ I want to assure the Opposition that the fishing they are doing for a scandal in this administration, they are not about to succeed,” he added.
This comes after the opposition leader called out the Government to Government oil deal between Kenya and Saudi Arabia.
Raila highlighting that this is scandal in waiting, which will in turn cost taxpayers money. He dared the president to publish the details of the oil deal to proved him wrong.
Raila stated,”it is shrouded in deep secrecy. To date, only two documents have been made public; that is the Master Framework Agreement with petroleum trading entities and the Open Tender System modified agreement with marketers,”
”Nobody knows how Gulf Energy, Galana Oil Kenya Ltd, and Oryx Energies Kenya Limited got nominated to handle local logistics. But the hand-picked distributors are selling oil to us at almost twice the price from bulk suppliers,” Raila added.
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