Several areas in Kisumu County have been hit by fuel shortage as the Kisumu International Airport (KIA) remained closed on Tuesday for runway maintenance.

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A section of residents claimed that the shortage has been necessitated by high fuel consumption by private and public vehicles traveling to Nairobi due to lack of air transport in and out of Kisumu.

However, Amos Odhiambo, a petrol station supervisor at Magharibi National Oil Filing Station in Kondele, Kisumu indicated that the county started experiencing fuel shortages on March 14. 

He says that the shortage may be linked to the recent move by the Energy Regulation Commission (ERC) to increase fuel prices.

“From 14th up to now we have been experiencing shortage of fuel especially super due to the hike of the price. There is no constant flow of fuel for now. This has caused supplies to reduce the rate of fuel supply,” said Mr Odhiambo.

On the 14th of this month, ERC announced an increase in the price of fuel. The commission increased the price of a litre of super petrol by Sh1.26.

Diesel went up by 65 cents while kerosene was increased by Sh2.96. A litre of super petrol, diesel and kerosene now retails at Sh101.35, Sh96.61 and Sh99.46 respectively.

In February, ERC reduced the price of super petrol, diesel and kerosene by Sh4.12, Sh6.28 and Sh5.20 respectively.

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