The High Court in Nairobi has temporarily suspended the sale of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) in a major blow to the government's privatisation plan.
Justice Bahati Mwamuye issued the orders in a case filed by Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) against the National Treasury, the Privatisation Authority, the National Assembly and the Attorney General. "Pending the inter-parties hearing and determination of the petitioner notice of motion application dated August 14, 2025, a conservatory order be and is hereby issued restraining the respondents and the interested parties, jointly and severally and whether through themselves or by their servants, agents and nay person acting under their authority from offering for sale, allocating, disposing, transferring or otherwise dealing with any shares t of Kenya Pipeline Company Limited," ruled Justice Mwamuye.
In the case, Cofek also cited KPC, the Capital Markets Authority, and the Nairobi Securities Exchange as interested parties.
The lobby group alleged that KPC is a strategic national asset, owning and operating the national petroleum pipeline and storage infrastructure, and hence cannot be handed to private entities without proper procedures and public participation.
