The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has kicked off the search for a new Director General following the dramatic exit of Daniel Kiptoo, who resigned amid high-profile probes into a KSh 4.8 billion emergency fuel procurement scandal.
Kiptoo stepped down after being arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) alongside former Petroleum Principal Secretary Mohamed Liban and former Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Managing Director Joe Sang.
State investigators allege that key energy officials falsified national fuel stock records to fabricate an artificial supply crisis.
The manufactured shortage was used to justify bypassing the official Government-to-Government (G2G) fuel supply framework to execute irregular emergency procurement.
The emergency shipment—69 million litres routed via the vessel MV Paloma—was allegedly overpriced and failed to meet required fuel quality standards.
The EPRA Board is expected to officially advertise the position to establish permanent leadership as part of wider governance reforms in Kenya’s energy sector.
