Nairobi, June 29 -- Rwanda has chosen Kenya's transport corridor over Tanzania's for its government-to-government (G-to-G) refined fuel importation programme, underscoring Nairobi's superior ports and piping infrastructure.

Antoine-Marie Kajangwe, Rwanda's Minister of Trade and Industry, on Monday disclosed that his country had picked Kenya due to the efficiency of the port of Mombasa and the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) network.

"The port infrastructure in Mombasa is extremely efficient, and we are looking forward to utilising the high levels of efficiency to benefit our local private sector and our citizens," she said on Monday afternoon.

Rwanda has for decades relied on oil marketers that import fuel via the port of Dar es Salaam, w...