CONSPIRACY THEORY...

There is a (not peculiar at this time) plot to raise funds to be deployed at the next General Elections.

High level GoK officials and oil cartels are in cahoots.

The 3-Phase Plot
1. ACTION: Gok & Cartel to multiply the effect of rising crude prices by acting on the petroleum distribution systems AND USD/KES.

ACTION: GoK to provide cosmetic relief by seeming to rein in "rogue" marketers and enforcing price control.

RESULT: "Acclimatize" consumers to record high prices... while avoiding/reducing public outcry.

2. ACTION: GoK to increase the potential margins of marketers and other "partners" using price control as the crude prices fall. ie. control the fall of pump prices by enforcing MAXIMUM price caps and "urging" marketers to lower their pump prices in line with international prices.

RESULT: The money pipeline gets thicker. (pls note the pun)

I eagerly await the expected drop in international prices so that I can test this theory. Please also note that after price controls took effect, pump prices almost never vary more than KEC30 regardless of where you go to fuel, there is less undercutting by the marketers, and by definition more collaboration.

3. ACTION: GoK and sometimes Cartel to continously provide a "rational" explanation or scapegoat for high pump prices.

RESULT: Provide around the clock protection and (where possible) enhancement to the THINKNESS of the money pipeline.

DISCLAIMER:
This is a Theory and is not presented as a fact.

This Theory was created by the minds of 4 half drunk gentlemen in a pub in Nairobi. The Theory does not reflect the opinion of such gentlemen when they are sober. They are not liable to defend the theory whilst sober.

No Mututho Laws were broken during the debate and creation of the Theory.