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Pipeline bets on rail transport to lift earnings

The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) plans to utilise the revamped rail transport to ferry oil products to upcountry markets.PHOTO: COURTESY

The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) plans to utilise the revamped rail transport to ferry oil products to upcountry markets.

The State agency said it will use bulk-ferrying fast locomotives brought under the Standard Gauge Railway to boost their supply. This is in addition to the ongoing expansion of the pipeline network between Mombasa and Kisumu at a total cost of Sh53 billion.

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