Hoarding petrol at home disaster in waiting as fuel shortage rages

Motorists queuing to fuel at a petrol station in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

As they carry jerrycans full of petrol to their homes, boda boda riders are staring at possible fires even as they continue with their transport business.

In all the counties that have been hit by a petrol shortage, the riders have been buying the fuel in jerrycans and storing the highly flammable gasoline at home.