Dealers task UNBS on adulterated fuel

Fuel dealers in Uganda have implored the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) to intensify supervision of fuel products, citing rising cases of adulterated fuel. In May this year, the Ministry of Energy said cases of fuel adulteration, smuggling, and transit product dumping had reduced by 30% to 0.5% in the last five years. In the same regard, Uganda National Bureau of Standards officials also indicated that the national fuel quality compliance rate then stood at 99.4% despite the few adulteration cases in some parts of the country. While speaking at the unveiling of the Unbeatable Shell V-Power Experience at Shell Munyonyo, Mark Mutungi, the brand fuel manager Vivo Energy Uganda said more supervision is needed on ground to curb […]