Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

All the pumps across Kenya have run dry. Road haulage, buses and coaches have stopped running. We managed to fill up the 4x4 last week, then we heard how a tanker delivered 100 million litres of fossil fuel into the port of Mombasa last Thursday. I am wondering where has it gone and why are the petrol stations still closed. Despite the fuel shortages the KE government said there is plenty of it in storage, more oil tankers will be delivering millions this week and people should not panic buy. Back street traders have been selling fuel to desperate motorists at three times the normal price and selling steel 20L Jerry cans for £70 (10,500 KES) each, what a racket.

In local news, a CEO has been caught hoarding oil….

“The Kenyan government has deported Rubis Energy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jean-Christian Bergeron back to his home country of France.

Bergeron was deported on the grounds of national security and economic sabotage after he was mentioned to have been involved in alleged fuel hoarding that has resulted in a national fuel shortage crisis.

The deportation order was signed by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and takes effect immediately.

Earlier on, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) vowed firm action against any oil marketers who will be found hoarding oil.”

When is it going to end?

The KE government is meeting suppliers and retailers today to set the price of the subsidised fuel and to agree to compensate the retailers with any loss they incurred from the price of subsidised petrol/diesel.

Hopefully there will be some good news for motorists.