Anxiety has risen over a potential fuel shortage as more petrol stations report thinning supplies, amid indications that no shipments are expected in Kenya over the next 14 days following the US-Israel war with Iran, which has disrupted transport routes from the Gulf States.
A spot check in Nairobi and Mombasa revealed disruptions in fuel purchases by motorists, even as a new shipping schedule showed that no petroleum tanker is expected to dock at the Port of Mombasa over the next fortnight.