Uhuru flags off Kenya’s first crude oil shipment

Tugboats conduct ceremonial send-off salutations to the vessel that shipped Kenya’s first oil to China yesterday. President Uhuru Kenyatta said Kenya is edging towards being a major oil producer in Africa. [Courtesy]

The first shipment of crude oil from Lokichar in Turkana County left Mombasa Port for China yesterday.

Amid jubilation, President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged off the tanker ferrying 200,000 barrels of oil at about 12.30pm.