How Kenya won back Rwanda’s oil cargo imports

Author: theeastafrican.co.kePublished on: September 30, 2026Country: Kenya
Business & Economy
How Kenya won back Rwanda’s oil cargo imports

Kenya has mounted its strongest bid yet to reclaim Rwanda’s petroleum transit business from Tanzania, with Kigali returning to the Port of Mombasa after more than a decade of largely favoring the Central Corridor through Dar es Salaam. The arrival of a 40,000-tonne cargo in Mombasa on Tuesday signals a major shift in the movement of refined petroleum products to the landlocked Great Lakes economy.

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