People’s Party of Kenya leader Ndindi Nyoro has alleged that senior government officials were aware of, and allegedly complicit in, an attempt to inflate fuel prices under a Government-to-Government oil arrangement between Kenya and Uganda, reigniting a long-running row over the deal.
Nyoro, the Kiharu MP, said unnamed senior officials had questions to answer over their role in the arrangement, claiming they had allowed middlemen to interfere with the transparent pricing of oil moving through the deal. “Senior officials are behind stealing our wealth and Uganda’s oil from Turkana. We won’t allow them to rob Kenya,” he said, though he did not name any individual or present documentary evidence to support the claim, which could not be independently verified.
His remarks come after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Kenyan intermediaries had been involved in Uganda’s petroleum purchases under the G-to-G scheme, and that a Kenyan senator had alerted him to the alleged involvement of middlemen, information Museveni says prompted Uganda to terminate elements of the arrangement.
The Government-to-Government fuel-import model was introduced to cut costs for Kenyan consumers by sourcing petroleum directly from oil-producing nations without private trading middlemen. It has, however, faced persistent allegations of opaque pricing and profiteering since it was first rolled out, claims the government has previously denied.
Nyoro used the same address to renew his criticism of President William Ruto, accusing him of disrespecting former President Uhuru Kenyatta, while also touching on ongoing efforts within the opposition to build a united front ahead of the 2027 general election.
It was not immediately possible to reach government spokespersons for comment on Nyoro’s latest claims. The Energy ministry has previously maintained that the G-to-G arrangement is subject to independent audits and has denied any wrongdoing in its administration.
The renewed allegations are likely to pile fresh pressure on the government to publicly account for the pricing and management of the fuel-import scheme, which has become a recurring flashpoint in Kenya’s domestic political and economic debate.