Raila to meet petroleum stakeholders amid fuel crisis
By evans.maritim, April 6, 2022
Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga is set to meet petroleum stakeholders as the country continues to experience fuel crisis.
In a notice on Wednesday, Raila Odinga Presidential Campaign Press Secretary Dennis Onsarigo said the former prime minister will meet the stakeholders today afternoon.
“ODM leader and Azimio la Umoja coalition flag bearer Raila Odinga is slated to meet stakeholders drawn from the petroleum sector at 2 pm this afternoon at Panafric Hotel,” the notice by Onsarigo read in part.
On Tuesday, motorists endured fuel shortages with hours-long queues at various petrol stations in most parts of the country.
A spot check by People Daily Digital revealed minimal activities at various petrol stations as most of them claimed to have exhausted fuel reserves.
However, some motorists opted to leave their vehicles at home and used public means in Nairobi.
In Nakuru County, fuel shortage continued to bite even as transport operators hiked fares to compensate for long waiting hours at the pumps.
Operators revealed that the commodity was at select fuel stations, lamenting that they had spent long working hours queuing and thus the need to hike prices.
A spot check in most of Nakuru town service routes revealed that operators had increased bus fares between Sh20 and Sh50.
“I was at the pump at 2 am and I filled my tank, we are all feeling the heat of the shortage, we are spending more time at the fuel stations than working,” said James Ndung’u, a driver.
The town’s Central Business District parking spaces remained largely empty, indicating that most residents had opted to keep their vehicles at home.
Susan Njeri, a resident, said women motorists who are unable to manoeuvre the heavy queues to the pumps have been most affected by the crisis.
“I left my vehicle at home and decided to use public transport, I cannot bear the madness at the fuel stations, it is just too much for us,” she said.
In Nyeri, only the Total Energies service station near the Othaya junction was operational with hundreds of vehicles and bodaboda operators parked on both ends of the usually busy road waiting to fuel.