Excitement

We get some excitement in our live, but not necessary the kind we hoped for. As you all know the Kenyans are not friendly to each other at the moment. This resulted in trucks not leaving from Mombasa harbour. All the petrol for Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi comes through Kenya. This already resulted in a fuel crisis in Uganda. In Rwanda, so far, there is still petrol, however petrol stations have been instructed not to give more than 10 litres for small cars and 20 for bigger cars and not to fill jerry cans. Thursday there were some queues due to people stockpiling, Friday there were only short queues. Colleagues had mixed experiences, some got 10.000 francs worth (15 litre) others got a full tank. We are a bit lucky in the sense that we get tax free coupons, and these are not dated, so even if there will be rations, we always get petrol, maybe we have to go to different petrol stations at the time. However, our coupons only work in Kigali. A colleague is going out of Kigali this weekend, I'm curious what her experiences are.

We don't know what the long term effect will/can be. Basic foods are grown locally, but often transported by truck. Water is local, so we're safe there. We haven't got a clue where the electricity comes from. We have 100 litre diesel for the generator. We didn't stock pile, but still have some food from The Netherlands. We hope this will blow over soon. There are negotiations going on to get supplies via Tanzania, but those roads are a bit worse, so it might take longer and cost more.

I will inform what the emergency procedures are at work, but we remain positive, so far, except for the petrol, we haven't noticed any change in people or supplies.

If you have doubts or just want to check, Skype, mail or our numbers are:
Lon +250 08642454
Hazel +250 03073024
DO dial the zero after 250.

No news is good news.