Thursday night arrests of top energy sector chiefs by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers have burst open an unholy conspiracy, exposing a grand scheme to let substandard fuel into the country that would have put Kenyans’ lives at risk.

Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Director Joe Sang, Petroleum Principal Secretary Mohamed Liban and Daniel Kiptoo, the Director-General of Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra), were arrested and held at Gigiri Police Station.