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Three EAC states factor oil, gas funds in their budgets

Kenya: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania plan to allocate money in their annual budgets to spur investment in infrastructure to exploit oil and natural gas from deposits that companies, including Tullow Oil Plc (TLW), are developing.

Ugandan and Kenyan oil discoveries, made in 2006 and 2012 respectively, and new gas finds off the coast of Tanzania that have boosted reserves to as much as 46 trillion cubic feet, have seen East Africa become a frontier for petroleum exploration.

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