“Cartels in the oil industry will face the music. They will not get away with it because it cannot happen in our country,” Ruto said. Ruto linked the developments to broader efforts by cartels to exploit global uncertainties, including tensions in the Middle East, to create artificial crises locally. “We also had cartels in the sugar sector, and we dealt with them. Today the sugar sector is fine.

Source: The Star April 05, 2026 13:00 UTC