Nairobi, Sept. 26 -- The drilling rig to be used in the South Lokichar commercial oil project has arrived at the port of Mombasa, moving the country closer to becoming an oil exporter.

On Friday, Gulf Energy E&P BV SEZ, the firm tasked with undertaking the commercial oil production, confirmed the arrival of the rig, setting the stage for its trucking to South Lokichar ahead as Kenya's target to beat the December 2026 deadline for the first commercial production of oil.

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