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East Africa States close to picking consultant for oil export pipeline

Nairobi; Kenya: Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda are in the final stages of deciding on a consultant to oversee building a pipeline to pump the region's oil to the coast for export, a senior Kenyan Energy Ministry official said yesterday.

In June, the three countries invited bids for a consultant to oversee a feasibility study and initial design for the construction of a 1,300km oil pipeline to transport crude to the Kenyan coast.

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