Revealed: Kenya's State House hand in the Uganda fuel fallout
Petrol tankers at Kenya Pipeline Company’s Eldoret Depot. Uganda imports about 2.5 billion litres of petroleum products a year, with 90 per cent handled by Kenya.
On October 31, 2023, Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir said the Cabinet would in its next meeting consider Uganda’s request for a waiver on licensing requirements for its state-owned oil firm. The decision was, however, delayed.
In a letter to Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) Director-General Daniel Kiptoo, the minister said the Cabinet would make its decision by the end of the first week of November on granting the waiver, to licensing of the Uganda National Oil Company (Unoc).
