Nairobi, Aug. 31 -- Kenya imported a consignment of jet fuel outside the Government-to-Government (G-2-G) supply contract between Kenya and three Gulf oil majors, to avert a shortage of the commodity that would have hit the country's two major airports from last week.

Confidential official correspondence seen by the Business Daily revealed that Kenya received 30,000 tonnes of jet fuel on August 20, outside the G-to-G deal that the country signed with Saudi Aramco, Emirates National Oil Company (Enoc) and Abu Dhabi's Adnoc, to supply petroleum products since March 2023.

The special shipment, through Gulf Energy, was diverted from a larger jet fuel shipment headed for Europe to help cover rising demand for the commodity, which peaked in J...