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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: GeeMail on September 07, 2018, 09:00:47 AM
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How did we get here?
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2018/09/fuel-supply-set-to-resume-as-gsu-officers-escort-trucks-from-depot/
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 6 – Fuel supply at filling stations across the city resumed Thursday afternoon following intervention by a contingent of General Service Unit police officers who flushed out dealers staging protests at the Industrial Area fuel depot.
Capital FM News saw police officers escorting fuel trucks out of the Industrial Area depot Thursday morning ending a stalemate triggered by protesting fuel wholesalers.
The wholesalers under the Kenya Independent Petroleum Distributors Association had vowed to disrupt the distribution of fuel after a 16 per cent Value Added Tax on petroleum products which took effect on Saturday.
Josphat Kamau, a truck driver working for Shell fuel stations told Capital FM News fuel supply would resume shortly following intervention by the police.
“The police officers cleared the barricades and we were able to fill our trucks. The product will be available at our stations shortly,” he said.
A police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said they had firm instructions to ensure only drivers refuelling their tanks had access to the depot.
EARLIER...
- Long queues at fuel stations have been witnessed due to acute fuel shortage in the country
- Some dealers had started increasing the prices of the commodity to cope with scarcity
- Loading however resumed and fuel supply was expected to come back to normal
https://www.tuko.co.ke/285137-gsu-officers-escort-fuel-trucks-government-seeks-manage-biting-fuel-crisis.html#285137