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MPs will seek to establish whether it belongs to Njeri’s Import and Export Enterprises Limited or the company registered as Galana Energies.
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Njeri will appear before the Vincent Musyoka Musau-led committee at the Mini-chamber, County Hall from 10.00 am.
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Members of Parliament will on Wednesday morning question the woman at the center of a controversial consignment of about 100,000 metric tonnes of oil valued at Sh17 billion.
Ann Njeri Njoroge will appear before members of the National Assembly’s Committee on Energy for questioning over the oil she tried to lay claim to.
MPs will seek to establish whether it belongs to Njeri’s Import and Export Enterprises Limited or the company registered as Galana Energies.
Njeri will appear before the Vincent Musyoka Musau-led committee at the Mini-chamber, County Hall from 10.00 am.
“Njeri is expected to apprise the committee on the ownership details of the consignment, country of origin and intended destination of the cargo amongst other concerns,” a dispatch from Parliament said.
The businesswoman has found herself at the centre of controversy after government officials claimed the consignment she laid claim to belongs to Galana Energies Limited.
Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir and the Kenya Ports Authority have maintained that Njeri is not the true owner of the oil consignment, alleging she used forged documents to assert ownership.
Chirchir in a statement said Njeri’s company had not signed the Open Tendering Systems Agreement as required by the law.
He claimed the true importer of the oil consignment in question is Aramco Trading Fujairah FZE through Galana Energies Limited
Njeri who claims to be the real owner of the Sh17 billion consignment went missing on November 9, 2023, moments after recording a statement at the DCI headquarters only to re-surface on November 14, 2023.
In a surprise turn of events, Opposition Leader Raila Odinga on Monday said that Energy CS Davis Chirchir and Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u needed to resign over the Sh17 billion oil deal.
According to Raila, the two had committed criminal offences.
"CSs Davis Chirchir and Njuguna Ndung'u have gone against the constitution, committed criminal offences, and abused office. They must not only resign but also be prosecuted," Raila alleged.
"Also, the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum must make public the Supplier Purchase Agreement signed with the oil companies."
The Azimio leader alleged that the government-to-government deal was a corruption scandal hatched to withdraw money from the exchequer against the law.
"We challenge the government to share evidence of the oil payments and show documents indicating when they were made, as well as bank accounts and recipients," he said.