The fuel crisis in Malawi has reached very critical moments and there seems to be no end to it. Its hard to know which filling station has diesel or petrol and motorists and other fuel users are forced to drive long distances in search of the precious commodity only to find that it is not there.
However some Malawians,
Fredrick Bvalani and
Kondwanie Chirembo have created a group on Facebook on which members are updating each other on where to find petrol or diesel in the country's cities. The group called
Malawi Fuel Watch currently has 670 members and it is still growing. So far updates posted on the group's wall are very accurate and are helping people to buy fuel in time and at the right filling stations.
Some members have even confessed that they check the updates on the group first before starting off to buy fuel. There are some instances when people who have access to distribution lists of the petroleum companies are posting them on the wall Like one user posted a distribution list for the whole country which proved to be accurate.
Below is a sample of the groups wall:
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ABALE PETULO IN BT ALI PATIPO????zavutilatu!!!call me
petrol @ mbowe. Tanker jst arriving now
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A view of Mlowe and Rukuru Point from Chiweta escarpment
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mukadya kanundu wanu uko musamalembe zabodza apa mwamva!!!! enafe we trust the infor we get on this grouping!! u post that gaso ali pa Total pa Maselema ndi motor yoyaka gauge we drive alll the way kukapeza no gaso mpaka motor tasiya konko thats not fair!!!!
Guys, it's not true that there is petrol at Total near Independece Arch. Total Malawi says there will be no petrol deliveries in BT today. So, those cars you have seen ndi 'ma hope' basi. Palibe chiripo so far.
There is NO petrol at Total filling Station near Toyota Malawi, but when I talked to one of the fuel attendants he told me that they are expecting a Petrol Tanker tomorrow morning.
Puma Energy Namiwawa. Road completely blocked. We had to divert through Bt Adventist Hospital down Kabula into Namiwawa Avenue in order to proceed to Chilomoni.
in bt PETROL at Total near Toyota malawi Petrol available
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Let me get to Total filling station ya pa NACIT and confirm, its just a few blocks from my office
So next time you run out of fuel, check the group.
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