Nairobi, April 7 -- The State on Tuesday ordered the exit of 60,000 tons of contested petrol from the country amid fears that part of the emergency cargo had been consumed over the Easter holidays.

One Petroleum, which is associated with Mombasa tycoon Mohamed Jaffer, had imported the Sh11.8 billion cargo outside the Government-to Government (G-to-G) following fears that the country's stocks would deplete on March 30.

Energy and Petroleum CS Opiyo Wandayi directed the firm to remove the product from the storage system of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), barred oil marketers from selling the cargo and also directed them not to pay the bill invoiced by One Petroleum.

He reckoned that the emergency importation of fuel is in breach of supply ...