Kenya refuses Uganda access to its oil pipelines
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Uganda bid to utilize pipeline for fuel transportation in Kenya declined as it would displace local oil marketing businesses from utilizing the pipes
Uganda bid to utilize pipeline for fuel transportation in Kenya declined as it would displace local oil marketing businesses from utilizing the pipes.
Kenya and Uganda have been at odds recently over the future of their energy sectors.
According to reports, in September, Uganda’s bid to utilize Kenya’s pipeline for fuel transportation was denied because it would displace local oil marketing businesses from utilizing the pipes as per The Citizen, a Tanzanian news publication.
Uganda recently disclosed that it would end its dependence on Kenya for its oil importation.
The Uganda National Oil Business (UNOC), a stateowned oil business, and Vitol Bahrain EC, an energy firm, reached a deal under which Vitol Bahraini would pay Uganda National Oil’s efforts to acquire and supply oil.
According to a spokesperson for the Tanzanian energy ministry, Vitol and UNOC had already signed the agreement, and the state business was expected to receive its first exclusive cargo in January.
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Currently, according to Ms. Ruth Nankabirwa, Tanzania’s energy minister, Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam port receives the remaining gasoline imports from Uganda, a landlocked nation, while Kenya’s Mombasa port handles over 90% of Uganda’s fuel imports.
Uganda expressed displeasure with Kenya for signing a gulf deal with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which Uganda deemed exploitive.
They noted that the deal would leave neighboring countries vulnerable to expensive pump prices.
“Changes by the government of Kenya on April 2023 to enter into governmenttogovernment importation structures with the government of UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to manage the challenges they were facing were done without consultation with Uganda whether to their advantage or not,” as seen in an extract from the minutes of a meeting where Uganda had called out Kenya for signing the gulf deals.
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