Kenya ends oil import feud with Uganda
By JOHN MUTUA More by this AuthorKenya will finally license the Uganda National Oil Company (Unoc), ending months of a major feud that spilled over to the regional court and hurt diplomatic ties between the two countries. Unoc’s move to start importing fuel directly from Vitol Bahrain will hit the revenues of local oil marketing companies that have for decades supplied Uganda. Unoc has over the years been primarily supplying fuel to State-owned entities in Uganda but is now set to start selling to private oil marketers. Kenya started the government-backed deal with Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation, and Emirates National Oil Company in April last year. Uganda had turned to neighbouring Tanzania as a short-term solution to allow Unoc to directly import fuel after Kenya denied the State oil company access to the port of Mombasa and KPC’s infrastructure.
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