How Kenya is pulling a fast one on Uganda’s oil

Cabinet last week approved the decision to transport up to 4000 barrels of oil per day by road and rail to Mombasa for refining at the Kenya Petroleum Refineries. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

The expected refining of Kenya’s crude oil at Kenya Oil Refineries is a game changer for several reasons.

First, the fact that Yoweri Museveni Government has until now been unable to persuade the UK-based oil and gas exploration company, Tullow Oil, to build a refinery in Uganda might leave the country with no alternative but to import its refined products from Kenya.