Economic Survey, various issues To achieve these objectives will mean ensuring that the country gets an adequate supply of petroleum products at all times through the importation of sufficient crude oil from different sources for processing at the Kenya Petroleum Refineries as well as the importation of finished products in case of shortfalls. Work on extending the pipeline to western Kenya has started. It also allowed full integration of the port, refinery and pipeline facilities and also flexibility in the handling of crude and refined products. Due to the growing demand for jet fuel at Moi International Airport, Mombasa, the Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd. decided to install jet A-1 fueling facilities in order to improve the serving of aircraft at Mombasa. The construction was completed in 1987 and commissioned in early 1988.
Electricity plays a major role in the development process.
In 1963, on the attainment of independence the new Kenya Government inherited a skeleton power supply system which was limited to urban areas while the rural areas, where the majority of Kenyans were living and deriving their livelihood had no power system. Since modern socioeconomic development depends on adequate power supply, the new Kenya Government formulated a power development strategy to develop a reliable and self-sufficing grid system by exploiting the country's hydro potential and enhancing the transmission and distribution system through the rural electrification programme. The project has played a key role in the regulation of Tana River water flow for the down stream hydro projects through water storage in the reservoir. Kiambere Hydroelectric Project Commissioned in 1988, rated capacity 144 mw. Mombasa Gas Turbine Commissioned in 1987, rated capacity is 30 mw.