Uganda Will Route Oil Pipeline Via Tanzania Instead of Kenya
- Decision a blow to Kenya, which will instead build own link
- Tanzania to invest in Uganda refinery, minister says
This article is for subscribers only.
Uganda decided to route a multibillion-dollar crude-export pipeline through Tanzania, forcing neighboring Kenya to develop a separate link to transport its own oil.
A pipeline will run from the western region of Hoima to the Tanzanian port of Tanga, Uganda Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa said on Saturday after a summit of regional leaders in the nation’s capital, Kampala. Kenya will build a link between the towns of Lokichar and Lamu, he said.