Kenyans could be consuming substandard cooking oil due to negligence by officials from the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC), Senators heard Thursday.

A probe by Senators heard that a total of 73 consignments of cooking oil was imported into the country by KNTC last year, out of which 44 were inspected by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS).

The quality assurance agency submitted that eight out of the 44 consignments were found to contain a total 293, 800 20-litre jerrycans (5.88 million litres) of substandard cooking oil. It is this cooking oil that Senators heard could have made its way into the market.