TOPSHOT - A protester chants anti-government slogans on a road blocked with stones to prevent traffic from passing during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

A protester blocks a road with a burning barricade to prevent traffic from passing during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

Protesters throw stones during clashes with Kenyan police officers on a main highway blocked to prevent traffic from passing during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

Motorcycle taxi drivers ride past a burning barricade on a road blocked with stones to prevent traffic from passing during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

Protesters run for cover as they throw stones during clashes with Kenyan police officers on a main highway blocked to prevent traffic from passing during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)

Kenyans walk home after work during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP via Getty Images)

Kenyans walk home after work during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP via Getty Images)

Kenyan police officers attempt to restore traffic flow and remove barricades blocking a main highway during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices in Nairobi on May 18, 2026. Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on May 18, 2026 as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of the world's oil normally passes. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP via Getty Images)