Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Director Joe Sang inspects the Mombasa-Nairobi pipeline on October 11, 2017. Mistakes made during construction of the pipeline will cost taxpayers billions. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The decision by KPC on the vital component and its high procurement cost are the subject of investigations by the National Assembly Energy Committee.
Cases of leakages and illegal siphoning of oil valued at billions of shillings have been reported, with fears that Kenyans could be made to pay for the unnecessary losses.
Kenyans will fork out at least Sh2 billion to have a leak detection system installed on the new Mombasa-Nairobi pipeline in a costly management blunder blamed on Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) managers.
The sourcing of a contractor to instal the system that will determine the speed of response and minimise damage to the environment could push the cost of the 450-kilometre pipeline at least Sh64 billion.
