A petrol station on Likoni Road in Nairobi that had run out fuel on January 25, 2017. PHOTO | SALATON NJAUPetrol stations in Nairobi and its environs reported fuel shortage caused by the standoff between oil transporters and the Ministry of Energy over the implementation of the law requiring trucks to only operate during daytime. Motorists in Nairobi and Kiambu on Wednesday complained of fuel shortage even as truckers remained cagey on the way forward after their demand to have the directive suspended failed to bear fruit. “Vivo Energy Kenya and our contracted transporters were not party to the strike. “The safest place for a loaded fuel tanker is either a depot or where it is destined to offload.

Source: Daily Nation January 26, 2017 06:09 UTC