- Motorist expressed their frustrations after lining at fuelling stations for hours.
- According to James Omwa, the secretary of Public Transport in Kisumu, there are about 60 vehicles parked at the bus park due to lack of fuel.
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Parliament will punish cartels hoarding fuel by pushing for the cancellation of their licences for causing Kenyans to suffer, Ugenya MP David Ochieng has said.
Ochieng on Sunday said fuel had become scarce with motorists and boda boda operators queueing in select stations for the commodity.
The MP said they will push for the cancelation and withdrawal of licenses of cartels denying Kenyans a chance to build the economy.
He said they will summon Energy CS Monica Juma to question her on the petroleum products menace and push for the cancelation of some of the licenses.
Speaking in Siaya Ochieng said, "We can't be in a country where there is enough petrol, diesel and Kerosene but some cartels have decided to keep away the products from the market."
"We have people paying taxes. Kenya pipeline says the products are there but people selling are the ones who are hoarding to sell them later with increased prices," he said.
Ochieng said it's unfortunate that this is happening at a time the country is trying to pick up after Covid-19 and revive the economy.
"Some cartels are out there trying to starve Kenyans of the fuel and chance to grow the economy. Shame on them."
The lawmaker said people must do business with a human face knowing that this country needs them because if the country goes down, there will be nobody to buy their fuel even if they sell it at a high price or keep them away from the market.
This comes even as several towns in the country have been hit by fuel shortage with various fuelling stations capping sales at Sh2,000 for vehicles and Sh150 for motorbikes.
Motorist expressed their frustrations after lining at fuelling stations for hours.
According to James Omwa, the secretary of Public Transport in Kisumu, there are about 60 vehicles parked at the bus park due to lack of fuel.
Omwa said in some stations they are being told that they can't get fuel for more than Sh2,000 yet some of the vehicles make trips that require fuel exceeding that amount.
"Petrol and diesel have been unavailable at various petrol station for the last three days. It's very unfortunate what we are experiencing."
He called on the government to address the issue saying what Kenya pipeline is saying is different from what is being witnessing on the ground.