Uganda: Oil Pipeline Project Cost Hits Shs 600 Billion

Kampala — The Kenya government is weighing the fate of its plan, jointly with Uganda, to extend the oil pipeline from Eldoret to Kampala. It cites the escalating cost and the uncertainty around the project since Uganda discovered oil and started plans for an inland refinery.

Tamoil East Africa in 2008 won the contract to construct the 354-kilometre oil pipeline because it offered the lowest bid, US$ 71 million against US$ 100 million from the nearest challenger, a Chinese firm. It promised to complete the work in 2009.

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