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'Hustlers' too rode fuel shortage gravy train

Motorists queue for fuel at Shell Petrol Station in Mombasa County on Thursday, April 14, 2022. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Once fuel prices went up last Thursday, petrol stations had the commodity flowing from their pumps the next day. 

It is not difficult to explain how this happened after weeks of acute shortages that saw motorists queue at filling stations for hours to access the vital commodity. 

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