Transport sector calls nationwide fuel shutdown from midnight

Matatus will from midnight begin a nationwide shutdown after 14 industry groups declared that no vehicle will move until the government reverses fuel price hikes pushing pump prices to record highs...

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Kenya's transport sector commenced a nationwide shutdown from midnight after 14 industry groups announced no vehicles would operate until the government reverses record-high fuel price increases.

A litre of super petrol now costs Sh214.25 and diesel Sh242.92 in Nairobi.
The Transport Sector Alliance, comprising various transport operators and private motorists, is leading the protest.
Operators are demanding an immediate reversal of the May fuel increase and the resignation of Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi.

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