We're going it alone on oil pipeline, says Energy CS Charles Keter

Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter (right) with Senate Energy Committee Chairman Gideon Moi (centre) and member Ali Chiaba after a meeting on Tuesday. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO]

Kenya will independently construct an oil pipeline after Uganda opted for a Tanzania route, a Senate team heard yesterday.

Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter told the Senate Energy Committee the Government plans to construct its own crude oil pipeline from Lokichar in Turkana County to Lamu port for refinery through two transit routes.