Under the a KES43bn ($490.31m) contract, Zakhem International will also build a fiber optic cable along the route, install four pumping stations for the pipeline and modernize existing KPC firefighting equipment in Nairobi.
Reuters cited KPC managing director Charles Tanui as saying that, "Construction of the 20-inch multi-product oil pipeline from Mombasa to Nairobi is set to begin in earnest with the signing of the contract between the Kenya Pipeline Company and the contractor Zakhem International."
The construction work is likely to take 18 months.
Earlier, Zakhem International performed oil pipeline, refinery and fuel storage projects in Libya, Iraq, Nigeria, Qatar, Italy and Tanzania.
