THE Auditor General’s Special Report on the procurement of petroleum products from 2019 to 2021 has revealed that government paid damages amounting to $34.4 million to a company which supplied contaminated commingled oil. And the report revealed that in 2018, TAZAMA pipeline pumped contaminated feedstock but failed to claim damages estimated at K2,179,372 because of the delay to issue results within six weeks. According to the Report, despite the challenges which the Indeni Petroleum Refinery encountered with the earlier stock supplied by Gunvor SA, the Ministry entered into another addendum for an additional quantity of 720,000MT of commingled stock. The Report revealed that the additional feedstock which was supplied under the addendum was also not suitable, resulting in termination of...