Why Ministry of Health needs a full-fledged public health directorate to deal with SICPA’s fuel-marking carcinogenic threat

SICPA’s Carcinogenic Fuel Markers — The Case for Ministry of Health Intervention

COFEK has noted that similar fuel marking systems are already deployed in domestic markets in Uganda and Tanzania. The confirmation of carcinogenic compounds in Kenya-marked fuel raises urgent regional public health questions that demand coordinated scrutiny across East Africa.

SICPA marks over 60 billion litres of petroleum products per year globally, with Uganda, Tanzania, and Saudi Arabia among its key markets. East Africa is therefore not incidental to SICPA’s operations — it is a primary deployment theatre.