Entries by AllAfrica News: Petroleum

Kenya: Sakaja Seeks Loan Amnesty for Matatu Operators As Government Suspends Fuel Strike for a Week /in /by

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government and transport sector stakeholders have agreed to suspend the nationwide fuel strike for one week following high-level negotiations aimed at easing tensions over soaring diesel prices that had paralysed public tran...

Kenya: ‘With All Due Respect, There’s No Deal’ – Matatu Official Publicly Contradicts Govt As Fuel Strike Continues /in /by

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- What was meant to be a carefully choreographed government announcement on the fuel crisis descended into an awkward public fallout Monday night after a matatu sector representative bluntly contradicted Cabinet Secretaries Opiyo ...

Kenya: ‘With All Due Respect, There’s No Deal’ – Matatu Official Publicly Contradicts Govt As Fuel Strike Continues /in /by

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- What was meant to be a carefully choreographed government announcement on the fuel crisis descended into an awkward public fallout Monday night after a matatu sector representative bluntly contradicted Cabinet Secretaries Opiyo ...

Kenya: LSK Defends Nairobi Central OCS Arrested for Freeing Protesters in Fuel Strike /in /by

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Law Society of Kenya has defended Nairobi Central Police Station OCS Chief Inspector Dishen Ongoya over his decision to release dozens of suspects arrested during Monday's nationwide fuel protests, warning that punitive acti...

Kenya: Nairobi Central OCS Dishen Ongoya Hospitalised After Arrest Over Fuel Protest Detainees /in /by

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi Central Police Station OCS Chief Inspector Dishen Ongoya was Tuesday evening admitted to hospital after reportedly developing health complications following his arrest over the release of dozens of suspects detained duri...

Kenya: Nation Keeps Walking Amid Transport Paralysis As Fuel Protest Enters Second Day /in /by

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Thousands of Kenyans trekked long distances to work for a second consecutive day on Tuesday as a nationwide public transport paralysis triggered by soaring fuel prices continued to cripple movement across major towns.

Kenya: DCI Warns Protest Organisers As Nationwide Fuel Strike Enters Second Day /in /by

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has warned that individuals organising, financing, inciting or participating in criminal acts during the ongoing nationwide fuel protests will face legal action as the transport strike ...

Nigeria: NMDPRA Vows to Sanction Oil Firms Operating in Free Trade Zones Without Permits /in /by

[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has warned that oil and gas companies operating in free trade zones, export processing zones and other designated areas without the requisite licences or ...

Kenya: Long Queues, Empty Roads in Witethie As Matatu Strike Enters Day Two /in /by

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Commuters across most parts of Kenya faced a second consecutive day of transport paralysis on Tuesday after matatu operators maintained a nationwide suspension of services over soaring fuel prices.

Kenya: No Deal Reached As Matatu Strike Over Fuel Prices Continues Tuesday /in /by

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A high-level meeting convened by Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi and his Transport counterpart Davis Chirchir failed to break the deadlock between the government and matatu operators protesting soaring fuel prices, leavin...