Nairobi, April 21 -- Kenya is still reeling from a contested 60,000 metric tons of petrol that were imported outside the government-to-government (G-to-G) deal last month. The consignment was one of the two cargoes brought in to avert a shortage of petrol.

A directive by Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi for recalling of the product deepened the saga, with oil marketers saying the product is already mixed with previous stocks in the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) system, making it impossible to retrieve it.

Below is a step-by-step breakdown of how Kenya imports fuel and how it ends up at the retail outlets across the country.

Where does Kenya source fuel?

Kenya imports all grades of refined fuel (diesel, petrol and dual-purpose ker...