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Why East-West pipeline disruption matters for Kenya
A satellite image shows a closer view of the damage at the Saudi Arabia East-West pipeline, located across the Arabian Peninsula, after a strike that hit it on September 11, 2026, in Saudi Arabia, September 13, 2026
Kenya’s fuel supply security is facing fresh challenges after Saudi Arabia was forced to shut down an alternative pipeline that it has used to export the commodity for the better part of this year after the Middle East war paralysed movement across the Strait of Hormuz.
The closure of the East-West pipeline was announced on Friday following drone attacks that damaged parts of the critical infrastructure in Riyadh and Medina.
