Oil production to start as Turkana exports set to start this year

Transport CS Davis Chirchir before a joint sitting of the Senate and National Assembly Energy Committees in Machakos County on February 11,2026. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Kenya is set to begin crude oil exports from the South Lokichar basin by the end of the year, with the government assuring Parliament that transport and regulatory systems are being put in place to support the evacuation plan.

Transport Cabinet Secretary Davies Chirchir told a joint sitting of the Senate and National Assembly Energy Committees in Nairobi that infrastructure is ready to facilitate crude oil movement from Turkana to the Coast.