In a potential shift in business strategy, Kenya appears to have abandoned the contested fuel importation deal with Uganda and Tanzania in favour of supporting its African neighbour, Malawi.
This followed Kenya's decision to support Malawi, which had faced weeks of severe fuel shortages, by facilitating the delivery of thousands of metric tonnes of fuel.
According to information from the Ministry of Energy in Malawi, Kenya has, under the government-to-government importation deal, helped Malawi procure 40,000 metric tonnes (about 51.5 million litres) of combined cargo of diesel and petrol from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ''This consignment has been procured under the Kenya bilateral arrangement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Republic of Malawi using Kenya's existing government-to-government arrangement with Abu Dhabi while Malawi works to put in place its own government-to-government fuel supply framework with Gulf countries,'' the government of Malawi stated.
Fueling at a petrol station in Kenya.
