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Why Uganda chose to import oil through Mombasa and not Dar

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The Navig8 Martinez docks at Mombasa with Ugandan oil. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

On Friday last week, the big galleon, Mt Navig 8 Martinez, rolled from the high seas into the port of Mombasa amid great pomp.

Inside its tanks were 58,000 metric tonnes of petrol destined for Uganda from the Middle East. Welcoming the ship was a huge delegation of Ugandans led by Minister for Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Nankabirwa.

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