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Inside MPs’ conditional nod of Kenya Pipeline Company sale

The government will be required to retain at least a 35 per cent shareholding in the privatised oil company, even as opposition teams expressed jitters over the sale.

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by MOSES OGADA

News03 October 2025 - 07:30
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The National Assembly has laid down stringent conditions to safeguard national interests and ensure transparency in the proposed plan to partially privatise the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC).

Lawmakers say the steps seek to safeguard competition and prevent emergence of a monopoly.

As such, MPs want the privatisation of Kenya Pipeline structured to limit the mandate of the company to transporting and storing petroleum products.

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