The Government always looks impotent when it comes to fixing oil prices yet the National Oil Corporation, being a government body and a large distributor of oil and oil products, can effectively help the Government control the pump price of oil products.

If the Government was ever serious about the prices, National Oil Corporation should lead by example. Nock should reduce the pump price to the levels that the Government want, then all the other major players in the oil industry will have no option but to do the same.

In the obtaining situation, it is the other players that normally take the lead in such reductions. What we come to realize is the active connivance of people in Government in planning for sleaze.

If the Government officials put in as much effort as they put in planning sleaze, Kenya would be far much better off. We would have save the kind of moneys going to waste in grandiose projects such as Goldenberg, Anglo Leasing, Nyayo Wards, Maize 52/72, Tritongate, et al.

Can we ask our Government to put in much effort in service delivery, just as they are puuting in much efforts at ripping off Kenya.

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Komarock Nairobi

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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:43:27 -0800 [07:43:27 AM CST]
From: odhiambo okecth
Subject: Oil & Government