Please enable JavaScript to view advertisements.
×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Home To Bold Columnists
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download App

Pipeline politics: East Africa's joint refinery dream faces slippery path

President William Ruto with his Tanzanian counterpart President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Tanzania. [PCS]

The consensus has always been that for their oil resources to make commercial sense, East African countries would need to pool and exploit the resource together.

It is perhaps against this that the presidents of Kenya and Uganda agreed to build a refinery in Tanzania, albeit seemingly a roadside declaration and one that was taken without consulting the would-be host nation. 

Premium Article

Get Full Access for Ksh299/Week.

Fact-first reporting that puts you at the heart of the newsroom. Subscribe for full access.
Continue Reading  →
What you get
  • Unlimited access to all premium content
  • Ad-free browsing experience
  • Mobile-optimised reading
  • Weekly newsletters & digests
Pay via
M - PESA
VISA
Airtel Money
Secure Payments Kenya's most trusted newsroom since 1902

Follow The Standard on Google News