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End of an era as KPC decommissions Kenya’s oldest pipeline

Construction of multi-product oil pipeline at Kokotoni village along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway, July 15, 2015. [Gideon Maundu, Standard] 

After 43 years, Kenya’s oldest pipeline is being decommissioned, retiring one of the most iconic facilities that helped shape the country’s economic history.

The Mombasa-Nairobi pipeline – referred to...