Kenya Pipeline ventures into internet business, launches fibre optic cable

Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Director Macharia Irungu.

Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Director, Dr Macharia Irungu, during the KPC Fibre Optic Cable launch at the Nairobi Serena Hotel on April 7, 2022. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) on Thursday launched its fibre optic cable that will run from the Mombasa port through Nairobi to Kisumu and Eldoret in western Kenya.

The state corporation is conventionally mandated to transport petroleum products from the Mombasa port to the hinterlands in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Eastern DRC, and parts of Northern Tanzania.