Strategic Plan

• Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Strategic Plan 2023-2024

Science, Technology and Innovation Mainstreaming Strategy 2025-2029

• Science, Technology and Innovation Mainstreaming Strategy 2025-2029

Draft National Petroleum Policy

• Draft National Petroleum Policy, April 2025

Stakeholder’s Input Collection Tool

• Stakeholder’s Input Collection Tool

Service Charters

• English & Kiswahili Versions

Forms

• Complaints Form
• Request for Information Form

The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 vests the ownership of natural resources including oil and gas in the National Government in trust for the people of Kenya. The national values and principles of governance, land and environment principles and principles of public finance are some of the principles employed in petroleum. The State Department for Petroleum in consultation with stakeholders is responsible for developing and implementing policies and laws esposusing applicable constitutional principles, best industry practice, among others. This is done with the objective of promoting sustainable development of the petroleum sector.

The following are the existing main policies and laws governing upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum in Kenya:

• Petroleum Act, Cap. 308
• Energy Act, Cap. 314
• Petroleum Development Fund Act, Cap. 426
• The Petroleum (Exploration and Production) (Training Fund) Regulations 2006
• The Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Regulations 1984
• The Petroleum (Importation) Regulations
• The Petroleum (Information and Statistics) Regulations 2025
• The Petroleum (Licensing of Petroleum Road Transportation Business) Regulations 2025
• The Petroleum (Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulations) 2025
• The Petroleum (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Regulations
• The Petroleum (Lubricants Facility Construction and Business Licensing) Regulations 2025
• The Petroleum (Operation of Common User Petroleum Facilities) Regulations 2025
• The Petroleum (Petroleum Business Licensing and Petroleum Logistics Facility Construction Permit) Regulations 2025
• The Petroleum (Pricing) Regulations
• The Petroleum (Retail Dispensing Site Construction and Licensing) Regulations 2025
• The Petroleum Development Levy (Amendment) Order 2021
• The Petroleum Development Levy Order, 2020

The Draft Petroleum (Amendment) Bill, 2025

• Draft Petroleum (Amendment) Bill, 2025
• Public Notice on Stakeholder Engagement for the Draft Petroleum (Amendment) Bill, 2025