The Kenya Pipeline Company has embarked on a nationwide operation to evict squatters occupying pipeline wayleave land, along the Outering Road.
The exercise was done to safeguard communities living along the pipeline from potential hazards associated with the volatile petroleum products transported through the pipeline.
The multi-agency exercise is involving National Government Administrative Office, Kenya Urban Roads Authority and Kenya Railways Corporation
KPC demolished the properties which were erected on the land in Embakasi at the former Taj Mall site.
The exercise is targeting 14 counties along the 1,342-kilometre route.
KPC Wayleave Manager Stanley Manduku said the operation is aimed at safeguarding communities living along the pipeline from potential hazards resulting from human activity close to and atop the oil pipeline.
Manduku said the Embakasi exercise follows public sensitisation forums held with the community in October 2024.
This also includes two eviction notices and reminders issued after the meetings.
People mill around as structures along Outering Road in Embakasi are demolished on
March 18, 2025/ DOUGLAS OKIDDY
