THIS WEEK: MPs call for overhauling party leadership as Tanga Lumumba row deepens Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The move to cut staff at the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has exposed and intensified the fights between Secretary General Kasule Lumumba and chairman of Electoral Commission Dr. Tanga Odoi with …
Read More »Museveni, Magufuli lay foundation stone for oil pipeline
Presidents Museveni, Magufuli lay foundation stone for crude oil pipeline construction Tanga, Tanzania | PPU | President Yoweri Museveni and his Tanzania counterpart Joseph Pombe Magufuli have commissioned the construction of the 1,445km-long East African crude oil pipe line from Hoima district in Uganda to the Tanzanian port of Tanga. The …
Read More »Why EACOP oil pipeline pact is a landmark for Uganda and Tanzania
Why EACOP Hoima-Tanga oil pipeline pact is a landmark for Uganda and Tanzania Kampala, Uganda | UG MIN EMD | The Governments of Uganda and of Tanzania have today signed the Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project. The IGA was signed by Uganda’s Eng. …
Read More »Hoima-Tanga oil pipeline deal done, agreement signed
Ugandan ministers have today signed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Inter-Governmental Agreement (EACOPIGA) after leaders of the two nation’s agreed last week that all is set for construction to start. “This signing is landmark occasion after several months of negotiations,” said Ministry of Energy Permanent Secretary Stephen Isebalij, adding “the pipeline …
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