Uganda’s quest for more oil reaches Karamoja

[googlemap src=”http://” width=”500″ height=”360″ align=”alignleft” ]By Zakaria Tiberindwa and Edward Tumwiine  Uganda’s discovered oil reserves are estimated at 6.5 billion shillings and it is believed that if the oil is well utilized, the money from the resource could lift the country from a developing nation to middle-income status. However the country’s quest for more oil

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Zambia picks interest in Uganda’s oil refinery

Zambia wants more information about Uganda’s plans to build a 60,000-bpd oil  refinery that’s already attracted interest from four regional neighbors. The southern African country “has asked for more information” about the plant, Ugandan Energy Minister Irene Muloni says. Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi have expressed interest, she says. “Each of the countries will be offered

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