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Owners warned to display prices or face law
Sellers 'doctoring fuel' to be shut down
Mwanza Regional Commissioner, Evarist Ndikilo
The public is being reminded to abide by safety signs found at fuel stations to prevent occurrence of avoidable accidents that endanger lives and pose serious health and life threats.
On the other hand, operators of these filling stations have been warned to clearly display oil indicative prices set by Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (Ewura) or face punitive measures.
The call was made yesterday by the Mwanza Regional Commissioner Evarist Ndikilo when opening an oil facilities workshop in the region.
Organised by Ewura the workshop brought together stakeholders of oil and petroleum products in the Lake Zone and elsewhere who deliberated related safety issues in regard to peoples lives and wellbeing of the environment.
Ndikilo said dealers and consumers alike must prioritize safety measures at all fuel stations by abiding to the rules governing operations of filling stations in the country.
These include, switching off vehicle engines and mobile phones when at the station, he said.
On the matter of displaying prices, he said operators of the filling stations must ensure that all infrastructures used in petroleum deposit, water sewage, pipe lines and water separator tanks are in good working conditions.
Ndikilo also appealed to oil dealers to observe set oil indicative prices given by Ewura and to ensure that the indicative prices are clearly and legibly displayed at their stations.
He warned that failure to abide by the guidelines, guilty dealers will incur fines up to 3m/-.
Ndikilo also called on oil dealers to observe best quality and standard of petroleum products warning that failure to do so has a negative ripple effect on the economy and the environment.
Substandard oil products damage vehicle engines and produce hazardous fumes, he warned.
On his part, Ewura Petrol Director Godwin Samwel called on the public to volunteer information that will lead to the arrest of oil dealers who doctor their oil products.
Oil product dealers at the workshop shared their concerns over what they described as extremely high cost of transporting oil from depots to their places of businesses.
On the other hand, Stanslaus Kikondo, an oil products dealer, called on Ewura to differentiate oil prices in rural areas from those in urban centres.
He argued that in rural areas there are fewer customers and poor infrastructure but failed to specify whether that is grounds for lower or higher prices.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
Mwanza Regional Commissioner, Evarist Ndikilo
The public is being reminded to abide by safety signs found at fuel stations to prevent occurrence of avoidable accidents that endanger lives and pose serious health and life threats.
On the other hand, operators of these filling stations have been warned to clearly display oil indicative prices set by Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (Ewura) or face punitive measures.
The call was made yesterday by the Mwanza Regional Commissioner Evarist Ndikilo when opening an oil facilities workshop in the region.
Organised by Ewura the workshop brought together stakeholders of oil and petroleum products in the Lake Zone and elsewhere who deliberated related safety issues in regard to peoples lives and wellbeing of the environment.
Ndikilo said dealers and consumers alike must prioritize safety measures at all fuel stations by abiding to the rules governing operations of filling stations in the country.
These include, switching off vehicle engines and mobile phones when at the station, he said.
On the matter of displaying prices, he said operators of the filling stations must ensure that all infrastructures used in petroleum deposit, water sewage, pipe lines and water separator tanks are in good working conditions.
Ndikilo also appealed to oil dealers to observe set oil indicative prices given by Ewura and to ensure that the indicative prices are clearly and legibly displayed at their stations.
He warned that failure to abide by the guidelines, guilty dealers will incur fines up to 3m/-.
Ndikilo also called on oil dealers to observe best quality and standard of petroleum products warning that failure to do so has a negative ripple effect on the economy and the environment.
Substandard oil products damage vehicle engines and produce hazardous fumes, he warned.
On his part, Ewura Petrol Director Godwin Samwel called on the public to volunteer information that will lead to the arrest of oil dealers who doctor their oil products.
Oil product dealers at the workshop shared their concerns over what they described as extremely high cost of transporting oil from depots to their places of businesses.
On the other hand, Stanslaus Kikondo, an oil products dealer, called on Ewura to differentiate oil prices in rural areas from those in urban centres.
He argued that in rural areas there are fewer customers and poor infrastructure but failed to specify whether that is grounds for lower or higher prices.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN