A boda boda rider spotted carrying his motorcycle's fuel tank to a petrol station has explained why he resorted to dismantling the motorbike.
Speaking to the press on Monday, April 5, the rider, Caleb Sindanyi, explained that he had no choice but to resort to the move after he was denied fuel when he showed up with a plastic jerrycan.
He further noted that pushing around the motorbike was a daunting task and that carrying the fuel tank was an easier way out.
"I carried the tank of my motorcycle because I was unable to push the bike from my house to this place (the petrol station). The distance was far.
"When I came with a jerrycan, they refused to sell to me arguing that I was planning to sell the fuel. I decided to dismantle my bike and carry the tank," he explained.
Images of riders with motorbike tanks started sprouting across the country on Monday, April 4, as the fuel crisis worsened.
Some transport players revealed that since the crisis started, with the worst-hit region being Western Kenya, they had accrued losses running into millions of shillings and their fleet risked being grounded over defaulted loans.
Sindanyi, on the other hand, revealed that his business had been affected to a point that putting food on the table was becoming harder by the day.
"If there is no fuel, I am not going back to the house because my children will scream at me," he added.
Petrol stations across the country experienced long queues even as the blame game between the state and the oil marketers continues to affect service delivery.
The president had blamed the shortage on the ongoing Russia - Ukraine war despite the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) confirming that the shortage was as a result of hoarding by marketers over a Ksh13 billion arrears owed to them.
On the night of Monday, April 4, a video surfaced of petrol station attendants cheering as a tanker carrying petrol arrived amidst stranded customers.
Below is the video:
