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Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria

Four powerful figures at the center of East Africa’s energy sector upheaval; Mohamed Liban, Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Petroleum; Joe Sang, former Managing Director of the Kenya Pipeline Company; and Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria, former EPRA Director General, have all exited office amid a deepening fuel supply scandal under investigation. Across the border, James Mwainyekule, Tanzania’s EWURA Director General, has been dismissed following a sharp surge in fuel prices. Together, their downfalls signal a broader regional reckoning, as governments confront mounting pressure over fuel governance, regulatory accountability, and the growing economic toll of instability in critical energy systems.
Four powerful figures at the center of East Africa’s energy sector upheaval; Mohamed Liban, Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Petroleum; Joe Sang, former Managing Director of the Kenya Pipeline Company; and Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria, former EPRA Director General, have all exited office amid a deepening fuel supply scandal under investigation. Across the border, James Mwainyekule, Tanzania’s EWURA Director General, has been dismissed following a sharp surge in fuel prices. Together, their downfalls signal a broader regional reckoning, as governments confront mounting pressure over fuel governance, regulatory accountability, and the growing economic toll of instability in critical energy systems.

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What once appeared to be a triumph of state intervention is now unraveling into one of Kenya’s most gripping governance crises. In the wake of the 2022 fuel shortages, marked by endless
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UNOC's Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Proscovia Nabbanja (2nd right) receives the petroleum products importation license from Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria (centre), the Director General of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA).

Kenya grants Uganda petroleum products import license, as two trade frenemies bury yet another hatchet 

The government of Kenya, through its energy sector regulators, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority of Kenya (EPRA) has finally granted the the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) a petroleum products importation
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