Oil tankers delivering fuel to Uganda queue at Busia Kenya border. Kenya has embarked on a charm offensive to recapture lost market share after Rwanda, Burundi and DRC in 2016 opted to import fuel through the Central Corridor from the Dar es Salaam port. PHOTO FILE | NATION
Kenya has moved to recapture the Great Lakes Region’s fuel market after losing a share of it to Tanzania due to allegations of adulteration and long queues at the Eldoret depot.
The Kenya Pipeline Company has finished installing new loading facilities in the Eldoret fuel depot, which has cut the loading time by and effectively raised the amount of fuel transported to the Great Lakes Region from 4 million litres to 6.5 million litres daily.