Kenyan energy watchdog names acting head after director general’s arrest
KENYA’S Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority has appointed Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria as its acting head after the watchdog's director-general was arrested over bribery allegations. Robert Pavel Oimeke, the director general of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority. Picture: Facebook Robert Pavel Oimeke was detained last week and accused of demanding 200,000 Kenyan shillings ($1,794) to approve the re-opening of a petrol station that had been shut down. Oimeke did not respond to telephone calls from Reuters. The director general was released on police bail while Kenya's Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission concludes its inquiry, the energy regulator said in a Monday…