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Country to prioritise oil exploration from 2018 to 2022

Muia said that the oil sector has been identified as a key sector that will drive Kenya’s economy in the future.

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Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat Director General Julius Muia told newsmen on the sidelines of a business forum organised by the University of Nairobi.

“We will prioritise investments into the oil exploration given that Kenya has so far discovered deposits that can be exploited commercially,’’ Muia said.

The East African nation discovered commercial deposits of oil in 2012 and so far no less than one billion barrels of oil have been identified in Northern west Kenya.

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Kenya planned to begin exporting crude oil this year using road and rail transport to ferry the product to the port of Mombasa.

He noted that the preparations of the third MTP that would guide the implementation of the National Development Blue print, Vision 203, are almost complete.

The First and Second MTP prioritised infrastructure development given its role in catalysing economic growth.

Muia said that Kenya would also establish a regional commodities exchange as part of the third MTP.

“The exchange will provide a platform for farmers and mineral producers in the region to sell their products directly to customers,’’ he noted.

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The director general added that the exchange would take advantage of Kenya’s position as a regional economic hub.

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