New oil pipeline fails to retire 700 oil tankers off the road

Oil tankers parked along Naivasha road in Industrial Area, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Before commissioning of the new pipeline, the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) bosses told Kenyans that the line would play a critical role in decongesting the country’s major roads.

Among the prominent messages in its communication materials was that the pipeline would remove 700 trucks per day from the busy highway that have been ferrying fuel from Mombasa to Nairobi and other hinterland towns for oil marketing companies.