Kenya: Crisis as U.S.$50 Million Jet Fuel Vanishes Into Thin Air

The scandal of siphoned fuel at Kenya Pipeline Company deepened on Wednesday after it emerged that 51 million litres of jet fuel, worth Sh5 billion, has gone missing from the stocks -- triggering an unprecedented crisis at Moi and Jomo Kenyatta International (JKIA) Airport.

Already, the Kenya Airports Authority has issued a NOTAM -- a written notification issued to pilots before a flight -- asking them to refuel at other locations until the crisis is over.

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