Kenya Pipeline addresses fuel shortage concerns

By Peter Ochieng The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) leadersship has come out to address fuel shortage concerns in various parts of the Country. KPC says it has enough fuel in its depots across the Country, even as some Counties such as Bungoma and Kisumu report a major shortage. In Bungoma for instance, boda boda riders have been seen lining up at several petrol stations, in a bid to refuel their motorbikes for a number of days. However, according to Dr. Macharia Irungu, KPC Managing Director, their fuel stock run into millions of litres. "There are over 69 million litres of super petrol, more than 94 million litres of diesel, more than 13 million litres of kerosene and over 23 million litres of jet fuel available," said Irungu in a Saturday, April 01, 2022 statement seen by this writer. "Kenya Pipeline Company would like to confirm that there are ample stocks of petroleum products in our system throughout the Country to meet demand," he added. He assured Kenyans that KPC continues to fulfil its mandate of consistently supplying safe and quality fuel across the Country. This week, while speaking in Busia, ANC party boss Musalia Mudavadi wondered why Kenya was experiencing a fuel shortage, an occurance not witnessed in Uganda. Uganda, a land locked Country depends on Kenya's Mombasa port for its fuel needs.