Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi with the outgoing CS Davis chirchir at Kawi complex in Nairobi after being handed over the office. [Collins Oduor, Standard]
Last Wednesday may have been his first day in office, but Opiyo Wandayi was also aware that it was one of those days that Kenyans waited with bated breath to see which way fuel prices would go.
He must have also been aware of the judgment by the Court of Appeal two weeks earlier that the Finance Act, 2023 was unconstitutional.
The law had increased Value-Added Tax on fuel to 16 per cent from eight per cent, and the July 31 judgement meant VAT should have seen it revert to eight per cent.
The Court of Appeal judgement presented Mr Wandayi with an opportunity to stamp his authority at the ministry.
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