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Uganda could pick Tanzania over Kenya for oil pipeline, says official

Uganda's government is still considering a pipeline through Tanzania to export oil if it proves cheaper than alternatives, an official said yesterday, even though the Ugandan president indicated last month that a route through Kenya had been picked.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta made a joint call in August to implement a pipeline project via north Kenya "without further delay", a decision seen as helping investors decide on oilfield development in both states.

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