Reports indicate Kenya Earned Over 500 Million in Revenues from Oil Exploration in 2015

Documents from the office of Kenya Auditor-General show that the country has earned Sh503.2 million from oil exploration works by foreign firms local media reported. According to Business Daily Africa, a total of Sh503,260,733 was collected last year as revenue from exploration. Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Andrew Kamau said “The cash (Sh503 million) came from surface

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Local Leaders in Uganda Oil region wants Government to Regulate Waste Disposal and Land Acquisation

Local leaders in Uganda’s Oil-rich region urged government to regulate land acquisition and oil waste disposal in the Albertine graben to prevent exploitation, local media reported. The call was echoed during a community dialogue organised by Midwestern Regional Anti-Corruption Coalition. The Prime Minister of Bunyoro Kingdom, a cultural institution which also shares part of the

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Uganda and Tanzania Say Pipeline Negotiations are Progressing, Project will Start in January 2017

Uganda and Tanzania announced progress in the negotiations preceding the construction of a Crude Oil Export pipeline from oil-rich Albertine graben to Tanzanian Northeastern port of Tanga. Officials, technocrats and investors are holding a series of close door meetings which targets January 2017 as the project commencement time and 2019/2020 as the completion deadline. At

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Tanzania Authorities Start Civic Education on the Benefits of Hoima-Tanga Oil Pipeline Project

Tanzania authorities have started a civic education campaign to prepare local communities on how to tap the benefits that Uganda crude oil pipeline project present. Local government officials and civil society from the Northeastern Tanzania which harbors Port Tanga, the proposed exit point of Uganda crude Oil have started organizing communities through civic awareness campaigns,

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