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Oil companies in Kenya from some locally established companies such as KenolKobil, National Corporation, Tosha and Dalbit Petroleum. At that time, the shareholding among the oil marketing companies in Kenya, were as illustrated in the table below: Oil companies in Kenya As of October 2015, there were more than 60 registered oil companies in Kenya. The history of oil marketing in Kenya began in 1903 during colonial times. Initially, kerosene was the main import in tins but later gasoline was imported in tins and drums. Royal Dutch Shell established the first depot on the island of Shimanzi, in Mombasa, in the early 1900s. As