Kenya and Uganda have resumed discussions to extend a petroleum products pipeline from Eldoret, Kenya to Kampala, Uganda.
The project involves the construction of a multi-product oil pipeline from Eldoret to Malaba at the Kenya-Uganda border. Uganda will then build an extension from Malaba to Kampala, with a potential expansion to Kigali, Rwanda under consideration.
Last week, Uganda’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Ssentamu met with Kenya’s State Department for Petroleum Principal Secretary Mohamed Liban and other Ministry of Energy and Petroleum officials to launch project planning and preparation, as well as evaluate Kenya’s existing operations, infrastructure and human capacity.
The project was revived in May 2024 following a feasibility study funded by the European Investment Bank, which confirmed its viability, as well as a recent agreement between Kenyan and Ugandan presidents to expedite the project and mobilize resources, with a progress report to be issued by the end of 2024.
