This archive report was first published on 7 August 2020.
On Friday, President Uhuru Kenyatta issued an Executive Order establishing the Kenya Transport and Logistics Network (KTLN), a framework for the management, coordination, and integration of public port, railway, and pipeline services.
The network brings together Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), and Kenya Pipeline Company Limited (KPC) under the coordination of the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC).
According to a statement signed by State House spokesperson Kanze Dena, the president said KTLN will leverage on the efficiencies and synergies of the four State agencies to achieve Kenya's strategic agenda of becoming a regional logistics hub.
The new structure is expected to lead to the lowering of the cost of doing business in the country through the provision of port, rail, and pipeline infrastructure in a cost-effective and efficient manner.
The Executive Order also allows for the centralization and coordination of operations without amending the existing laws or causing undue disruption to the legal structuring of the State entities.
Consequently, the four State agencies have been transferred to the National Treasury in line with the recommendations of the Presidential Taskforce on Parastatal Reforms.
Going forward, the president ordered that State agencies are required to enter into a joint operations agreement within 30 days that will reorganize individual entity structures, resources, operations, and services.
“In order to secure his vision for the Sector, His Excellency the President has reorganized the Boards of Directors of the four State entities,” said the statement.
