Fuel pumps run dry across the country as suppliers stop distribution

Mathew Songol, a Petrol station attendant at Kenol in Nakuru town measuring the amount of petrol remaining in their tank. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

Striking petroleum distributors yesterday booed the Energy principal secretary as the country braced itself for a biting fuel shortage.

PS Andrew Kamau had gone to speak to the striking distributors at a petroleum depot along Nanyuki Road. However, he failed to convince them to resume work as fuel pumps across the country started drying up.