DAR ES SALAAM, April 22 -- WE call upon the government through relevant organs, including the police, to urgently tighten enforcement against the illegal sale of petrol and diesel along highways.

This practice, increasingly common at unauthorised roadside points, where fuel is stored in jerricans and sold to motorists and bodabodas, poses serious safety risks and economic losses.

We must emphasise that such informal fuel vending undermines public safety, compromises fuel quality and deprives the government of rightful revenue through taxation mechanisms.

We must realise that fuel sold in jerricans without regulation is often exposed to contamination, adulteration and unsafe storage conditions that may damage engines and endanger lives....