Kenya strike over rising fuel prices enters 2nd day

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A Kenyan transport strike, triggered by the Middle East war, brought the country to a halt for a second day after four people died and dozens were wounded the previous day, AFP reports.

One of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, Kenya has hiked petrol prices by 20 per cent and diesel by almost 50 percent since Iran choked off traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil normally passes.

Public transport buses (locally known as matatu) crews pass the time chatting, amidst their grounded mini-buses due to a nationwide strike by transporters now in it’s second day over fuel price hikes in Nairobi on May 19, 2026. —AFP
Public transport buses (locally known as matatu) crews pass the time chatting, amidst their grounded mini-buses due to a nationwide strike by transporters now in it’s second day over fuel price hikes in Nairobi on May 19, 2026. —AFP

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