Uganda and Tanzania sign the oil pipeline treaty.
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and his counterpart President Samia Suhulu Hassan of Tanzania were joined by the two oil companies of Total E&P, and China’s CNOOC to finally sign the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in the Capital Kampala . The deal will ensure oil production begins and is transported in the longest heated pipeline in the world to the coast in Tanga by 2025. The historic signing ceremony at State House, Entebbe was held on the day when fighting forces from Tanzania liberated Uganda from the brutal regime of dictator Idi Amin Dada 42 years ago . President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, said that he chose to work with Tanzania because of its historical contribution towards Uganda. “I originally preferred an oil refinery only because of the high demand in the East African region that imports a lot to serve their markets. The oil companies were biased for crude oil exports and a pipeline. The compromise was we have both,...