{"id":8817,"date":"2026-03-25T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=8817"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:50:56","slug":"ministry-of-energy-and-petroleum-urging-kenyans-to-remain-calm-and-avoid-panic-buying-of-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/ministry-of-energy-and-petroleum-urging-kenyans-to-remain-calm-and-avoid-panic-buying-of-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Energy and Petroleum  urging Kenyans to remain calm and avoid panic buying of fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000786011-1024x747.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000786011-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000786011-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000786011-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000786011.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has offered timely and reassuring leadership by urging Kenyans to remain calm and avoid panic buying of fuel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His clear message helps to steady public confidence at a critical moment, reminding citizens that there is no shortage and that normal purchasing patterns should continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accompanied by the Principal Secretary for the State Department of Petroleum, Mohamed Liban, the CS underscored the government\u2019s firm commitment to ensuring a stable and reliable fuel supply across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their coordinated approach reflects a strong and responsive leadership focused on maintaining order, protecting the economy, and preventing unnecessary disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By calling on Oil Marketing Companies to cooperate and uphold supply stability, the leadership demonstrates accountability and foresight\u2014key pillars in safeguarding national confidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This proactive communication reassures Kenyans that the situation is under control and that there is no need for alarm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has offered timely and reassuring leadership by urging&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8819,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8817\/revisions\/8819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}