{"id":8363,"date":"2018-04-06T09:13:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T09:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=8363"},"modified":"2018-04-06T09:13:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T09:13:28","slug":"burundi-petrol-shortage-due-to-disruption-in-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/burundi-petrol-shortage-due-to-disruption-in-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi: Petrol shortage due to disruption in supply"},"content":{"rendered":"

The capital Bujumbura has facing shortage of fuel since the past three days. Vehicle users fear intentions of a further rise in its price. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Vehicles in the queue at Kigobe City Oil\u201d station<\/p><\/div>\n

At around 10 a. m. this 5 April, vehicles were lining up in long queues on some gas stations which are still providing petrol in the capital Bujumbura. At \u201cKigobe City oil\u201d station in Ntahangwa Commune, vehicle users have said they don\u2019t know the reasons behind the petrol shortage.<\/p>\n

According to a driver from Ngozi Northern Province, the situation is similar in that province. \u201cOnly one gas station is distributing petrol. One can spend hours or even days waiting for petrol\u201d, says desperately, a bus driver, who has just spent two days looking for petrol in the capital Bujumbura.<\/p>\n

Another driver met at \u201cInterpetrol oil station\u201d in Bujumbura downtown, says the shortage of petrol could not allow him to work the entire day. \u201cIt is not possible to work for over a half of a day,\u201d he says adding that the few gas stations that supply it have significantly reduced the number of liters to be given.<\/p>\n

A civil servant who has lined up at \u201cKigobe City Oil\u201d has spoken about a loss at work. \u201cWe spend a lot of time waiting for petrol which we don\u2019t know when is it is provided whereas we should be doing our job\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

Users of vehicles for transport speak about a problem of payment. \u201cWe spend most of the day on these queues. We are unable to meet daily payments,\u201d says a taxi-driver met at Kinindo City Oil of Muha Commune in the south of the capital Bujumbura. He says he fears the increase in the price of fuel. \u201cWe are fed up with this situation. It always starts like this,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Other oil stations like Top7, Kobil in Kamenge or Mogas Kinindo… only provided oil.<\/p>\n

Vehicle users urge the government of Burundi to do whatever it takes to end the petrol shortage.<\/p>\n

Nolasque Ndayihaye, Managing Director of Energy in the Ministry of Mines and Energy, says the petrol shortage is due to a problem of transport. \u201cNothing to fear. It\u2019s a simple disruption in supply. The situation will soon return to normal in two days,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Mr Ndayihaye says trucks carrying petrol from Dar-es-salaam to Bujumbura have not been loaded since Thursday 29 March but added the loading resumed 3 days ago.<\/p>\n

The recent petrol shortage occurred in January 2018. Burundi government<\/a> decided to raise the prices of oil and as a consequence, transportation fees increased throughout the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The capital Bujumbura has facing shortage of fuel since the past three days. Vehicle users fear intentions of a further rise in its price. At around 10 a. m. this 5 April, vehicles were lining up in long queues on some gas stations which are still providing petrol in the capital Bujumbura. At \u201cKigobe City […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,670],"tags":[108,113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8365,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8363\/revisions\/8365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}