Kenya fuel jitters as two key Gulf supply routes hit

 Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Opiyo Wandayi, before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Energy, chaired by Nakuru Town East MP David Gikaria, at the Parliament Buildings Nairobi on April 13, 2026 regarding the importation of sub-standard petroleum products outside the G-to-G framework. 

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Kenya faces a bleak petroleum supply outlook after an escalated Middle East conflict triggered the shutdown of a key pipeline in Saudi Arabia that had served as an alternative route following blockades on the Strait of Hormuz.

Saudi Arabia has shut its 1,200-kilometre East-West pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, following drone attacks that hit sections of the critical infrastructure in the Riyadh and Medina areas.

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