In pictures: Fuel crisis hits Kenya

Motorists and boda boda riders at a filling station in Ukunda, Kwale County on April 4, 2022 as the fuel shortage intensifies.  

Motorists and boda boda riders wait at a filling station in Bomet County which ran out of fuel in the hope of being the first ones to be served once the outlet restocks.

Stranded motorists at a filling station along the busy Nakuru-Eldoret highway, in Nakuru City on April, 4 2022 as the fuel shortage bites. 

A man with jerricans waits to buy fuel in Eldoret town on April 3, 2022 amid a biting shortage.

Boda boda riders wait for another fuel tanker to supply fuel at a petrol station in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County on April 3, 2022.

A boda boda rider celebrates after finding fuel at a Shell petrol station in Homa Bay Town on April 1, 2022.

Police officers control rowdy boda boda riders who were lining up to buy fuel at a Shell petrol station in Homa Bay Town on April 4, 2022. 

An aerial view of motorists scrambling for fuel at Kanduyi Total station along the Bungoma-Malaba highway on April 4, 2022. 

Road users queue for fuel at Petro station in Webuye Town on April 4, 2022. 

Boda boda riders stranded at Tosha petrol station in Kisii Town on April 4, 2022. Tosha was among the few stations that still had fuel by Sunday but stocks have now ran out. 

Boda boda riders queue for fuel at Petro filling station, the only fueling point in Migori, on April 4, 2022. 

Motorists queueing for fuel at Total Petrol station in Sotik, Bomet County, on April 2, 2022.

Long queues at a Kenol fuel station in Lodwar Town on April 4, 2022.

A boda boda rider takes a nap on his motorbike while waiting for fuel at a petrol station in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, on April 3, 2022. 

Long queues at a Shell petrol station in Kisumu on April 4, 2022.

Motorcyclists queueing for fuel at Total Petrol station in Sotik, Bomet County, on April 1, 2022.

Members of the public help push a motorist whose fuel ran out while queueing at a petrol station in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County, on April 3, 2022.

Motorists wait for another fuel tanker to arrive, at one of the few petrol stations in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County that had the precious commodity before it got finished on April 03, 2022.

Motorists flock Riva petrol station in Bomet to buy fuel on April 3, 2022. It was the only outlet that had fuel following a shortage, with the crisis persisting for the fifth day running.