The Ethics and Anti-Corruption detectives have arrested three suspects in Bungoma over illegal sale of fuel.
According to the EACC investigators fuel worth millions of shillings meant for other countries but in transit through Kenya was being sold in the local black market - The three suspects who were arrested while engaging in the fuel racket were taken to Bungoma police station and will be arraigned.
The detectives arrested the three culprits in Bukembe market, Bungoma county for allegedly engaging in a fuel diversion syndicate.
The officers raided a yard on Tuesday, March 20, where fuel meant for export was being siphoned. The officers raided the fenced area after they suspected it to be one of the venues that fuel meant for export to Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, Congo, and Ethiopia was being diverted for use in the local market.
The three suspects were later surrendered at the Bungoma police station waiting to be arraigned in court.
"We have had our guys tracking the tankers and found five yards between the Eldoret Kenya Pipeline depot and Malaba border and found this one to be the most active," he said.
He further revealed that their investigations revealed the yard in Bukembe was siphoning fuel worth Sh184 million per month that was being diverted to the local market.
"With a tanker carrying 42,000 litres at one go emptying this in the local market at a street value of Sh109 per liter, one truck goes for about Sh4.6 million and for ten trucks in one week, it translates to Sh46 million which we are losing," he added.