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Kenya ready to go it alone in oil pipeline deal if Uganda pulls out

Part of the Kenya Pipeline Company underground 20-inch multi-product oil pipeline at Kokotoni, along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway. [PHOTO: STANDARD/FILE]

NAIROBI: Kenya will next week hold talks with Uganda to determine future of the planned crude oil pipeline.

Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter also said in case the talks fail, and Uganda pulls out to join Tanzania in constructing a similar pipeline, Kenya will go it alone.

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