Johnson Kanamugire

Johnson Kanamugire is a Kigali-based journalist with The EastAfrican and Rwanda Today.

Shipping giant MSC in talks to buy Bolloré Logistic's Africa unit at $6.bn

Tuesday January 18 2022

Bollore Transport and Logistics Limited Officials with journalists at the Port of Mombasa on March 29, 2018, during the flagging off of a full freight Standard Gauge Railway train to be transported from Mombasa to Nairobi Container Terminal at Embakasi. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

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MSC Group, a Swiss-Italian container shipping line, was offered the African assets of the logistics unit of Bolloré, a company founded by the family of French billionaire Vincent Bolloré.
“Bolloré Group has granted the MSC Group an exclusivity until March 31, 2022 to enable MSC, further to an additional due diligence phase and contractual negotiations, to submit a put option,” the company said.
A put option contract gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to sell a certain amount of the underlying asset, at a set price within a specific time.

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The global shipping line, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), seeks to diversify its activities further to include overland transportation, logistics and a growing portfolio of port terminal investments by acquiring Bolloré Africa logistics business unit.

The Bolloré Group is holding talks with container shipping giant MSC over the sale of its African logistics division valued at $6.4 billion.

MSC Group, a Swiss-Italian container shipping line, was offered the African assets of the logistics unit of Bolloré, a company founded by the family of French billionaire Vincent Bolloré.

“Bolloré Group has granted the MSC Group an exclusivity until March 31, 2022 to enable MSC, further to an additional due diligence phase and contractual negotiations, to submit a put option,” the company said.

A put option contract gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to sell a certain amount of the underlying asset, at a set price within a specific time.

“The Bolloré Group’s decision to exercise this put option and the signature of the relevant agreements may only take place after the employee representative bodies have been informed and consulted and certain internal reorganisation operations have been carried out within the Bolloré Group,” the company said in a statement.

In the headlines

Uganda eases border gridlock

In Kampala and other towns, many motorists were rushing to fill their tanks fearing further shortages, causing traffic jams in the capital.

Kenya's top court reviews disputed bid to change constitution

The proposed amendments to the 2010 constitution were approved by parliament in May last year and were then due to be put to a referendum.

Slow Covid-19 testing at Malaba border takes toll on truck drivers

Kenya extends Dubai flight ban

Admission of DRC into E. African bloc enters final stages

Rwandan President Kagame meets Museveni’s envoy

Sudan security kill seven protesters

Mali junta seeks review of defence accord with France

Tuesday January 18 2022

Leader of the coalition M5-RFP Choguel Kokalla Maiga delivers a speech at Bamako's independence Square on June 4, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

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Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga on Saturday said on state television that the accords were "unbalanced", remarking that Mali "cannot even overfly its territory without France's permission".
Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop later said that Bamako had submitted suggested amendments to Paris.
Meanwhile bilateral relations have been strained over the presence of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in Mali and French moves to reorganise its military presence in the country.

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Mali has asked France for a review of bilateral defence accords against the backdrop of growing tensions between Paris and the ruling junta in Bamako, a French diplomat said Monday.

The diplomat told AFP that France was "examining" the request, without detailing its contents.

Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga on Saturday said on state television that the accords were "unbalanced", remarking that Mali "cannot even overfly its territory without France's permission".

Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop later said that Bamako had submitted suggested amendments to Paris.

A military operation launched by France in January 2013 to fight jihadists in Mali - first called Serval, then Barkhane - falls under the bilateral accord reached in March 2013.

Russian mercenaries

Meanwhile bilateral relations have been strained over the presence of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in Mali and French moves to reorganise its military presence in the country.

France has thousands of troops in Mali and neighbouring Sahel countries in West Africa as part of an anti-jihadist force.

Last week, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said France planned to stay in Mali, "but not under any conditions".

Last week Mali's regional neighbours closed their common borders after the Economic Community of West African States slapped new sanctions on Bamako for its failure to stick to a timetable for returning to civilian rule.

Even after years of a foreign troop presence, jihadists operating in the Sahel between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have continued with deadly incursions against both security forces and civilians.

In the headlines

Uganda eases border gridlock

In Kampala and other towns, many motorists were rushing to fill their tanks fearing further shortages, causing traffic jams in the capital.

Kenya's top court reviews disputed bid to change constitution

The proposed amendments to the 2010 constitution were approved by parliament in May last year and were then due to be put to a referendum.

Slow Covid-19 testing at Malaba border takes toll on truck drivers

Kenya extends Dubai flight ban

Admission of DRC into E. African bloc enters final stages

Rwandan President Kagame meets Museveni’s envoy

Sudan security kill seven protesters

Slow Covid-19 testing at Malaba border takes toll on truck drivers

Tuesday January 18 2022

Trucks at Webuye in Bungoma County, Kenya, making their way to the Kenya-Uganda border at Malaba on January 17, 2022. PHOTO | BRIAN OJAMAA | NMG

Summary

On Tuesday, the huge jam stretched for over 130 kilometres from Malaba border town to Lwandeti market in Kakamega County, and it was moving at a snail’s pace.
They say the slow pace of Covid testing and cargo clearance at the border is causing a huge jam that has subjected them to untold suffering.

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Truck drivers on the northern corridor who had gone on strike protesting against the $30 Covid test fee imposed by the Ugandan government have expressed their frustration at the traffic snarl-up that has caused them to spend days on the road.

By Tuesday, the traffic was moving slowly.

An official at the border side of Uganda told The EastAfrican that the machines had been slow due to poor network, which resulted in a slow process of clearing the truckers.

“Everything is moving on smoothly; we just want the drivers to be patient as the systems pick up,” he said.

The drivers lamented that even after the charge was done away with following a meeting with East African Community officials, the slow pace of Covid-19 testing and cargo clearance at the border has caused a huge jam that has subjected them to untold suffering.

The drivers said that before the snarl-up, they would take at most one week for trips from Mombasa in Kenya to Uganda, South Sudan, DRC, Rwanda and Burundi. But now, they are taking about three weeks.

On Tuesday, the huge jam stretched for over 130 kilometres from Malaba border town to Lwandeti market in Kakamega County, and it was moving at a snail’s pace.

In the headlines

Uganda eases border gridlock

In Kampala and other towns, many motorists were rushing to fill their tanks fearing further shortages, causing traffic jams in the capital.

Kenya's top court reviews disputed bid to change constitution

The proposed amendments to the 2010 constitution were approved by parliament in May last year and were then due to be put to a referendum.

Kenya extends Dubai flight ban

Admission of DRC into E. African bloc enters final stages

Rwandan President Kagame meets Museveni’s envoy

Sudan security kill seven protesters

Uganda acts to ease border gridlock that triggered fuel crisis

Tuesday January 18 2022

Oil tankers parked outside the Port of Mombasa. Uganda has announced that it will be suspending mandatory Covid testing at the border with Kenya after the measure caused huge truck queues, disrupting fuel supplies across the country. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG

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The crisis has led to panic-buying and skyrocketing prices at the petrol pump, with one minister warning traders not to take advantage of the shortages to "cheat" Ugandans.
Kenyan media reports spoke of traffic snarl-ups snaking as much as 70 kilometres (40 miles) from its border with Uganda because of the delays caused by the coronavirus testing.
Some were stocking up using jerrycans, defying a ban on their use under anti-terrorism measures introduced after a spate of deadly bombings last year.

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Uganda announced Tuesday it was suspending mandatory Covid testing at the border with Kenya after the measure caused huge truck queues, disrupting fuel supplies across the country.

The crisis has led to panic-buying and skyrocketing prices at the petrol pump, with one minister warning traders not to take advantage of the shortages to "cheat" Ugandans.

Kenyan media reports spoke of traffic snarl-ups snaking as much as 70 kilometres (40 miles) from its border with Uganda because of the delays caused by the coronavirus testing.

"The (Ugandan) ministry of health has immediately and temporarily suspended mandatory testing at the two border points to ease movement of trucks into and within the country," ministry official Charles Olaro told AFP.

He said the move was also aimed at averting a "potential super-spreader" event at the border with so many drivers caught in the logjam.

In some parts of the country, petrol stations had run out of fuel while at others, petrol was selling for 12,000 shillings ($3.40, three euros), a threefold increase.

'Recipe for disaster'

The border delays first began in late December when truckers staged protests at a Covid testing fee imposed by Uganda. The fee was later scrapped but the backlogs persisted because of what drivers say was the slow rate of testing and customs clearances.

"The suspension of mandatory testing was long overdue. It was a recipe for disaster because of congestion of trucks at the borders, a situation that has seen the fuel prices hit all-time highs," Juma Sentongo, a member of the Uganda Long Distance Truck Drivers Association, told AFP.

"As of this morning, we have seen many trucks leaving the border points and heading into Uganda with cargo and hopefully we will see fuel prices coming down in next 24 hours."

Truck driver Alex Mwerinde added: "The congestion at the borders is slowly easing but the heavy traffic will take longer than expected to clear because customs clearance (as well as) Covid-19 testing has been also problematic.

"Until the trucks have cleared out of the borders, is when Ugandans should expect a drop in fuel prices and this is not going to take one day," the 41-year-old told AFP.

In Kampala and other towns, many motorists were rushing to fill their tanks fearing further shortages, causing traffic jams in the capital.

Some were stocking up using jerrycans, defying a ban on their use under anti-terrorism measures introduced after a spate of deadly bombings last year.

Ugandans were also reporting hikes in taxi and bus fares in many parts of the country.

Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa said Monday the border delays were caused by a faulty scanner used by custom officials to check incoming cargo vehicles as well as "issues regarding Covid-19".

"I call on the dealers not to use this chance to cheat Ugandans," she said.

The East African country of some 45 million people remains under some restrictions because of the pandemic although schools opened last week for the first time in nearly two years.

It has recorded 158,676 cases of Covid-19 including 3,424 deaths, according to latest government figures issued on January 15.

In the headlines

Kenya's top court reviews disputed bid to change constitution

The proposed amendments to the 2010 constitution were approved by parliament in May last year and were then due to be put to a referendum.

Slow Covid-19 testing at Malaba border takes toll on truck drivers

Kenya extends Dubai flight ban

Admission of DRC into E. African bloc enters final stages

Rwandan President Kagame meets Museveni’s envoy

Sudan security kill seven protesters

Loose-tongued politicians, mind your language

Tuesday January 18 2022

Meru Senator Mithika Linturi arrives at Gigiri Police Station on January 9, 2022 following his arrest in Eldoret over inflammatory remarks he made at a political rally. The word “madoadoa” (spots) lost its neutral meaning and became associated with ethnic murder. Thus the nationwide uproar when Meru Senator Mithika Linturi used it at a rally in the Rift Valley. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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Officially known as Genocide Against the Tutsi, the ethically fueled killings are acknowledged as the second worst genocide of the 20th century after the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis during the Second World War.
In 2008 in Kenya, the word “madoadoa” was used to refer to minority ethnic Kikuyu living in the Rift Valley, a region which is historically and predominantly inhabited by the Kalenjin people.
In his defence, the senator says he meant that people should vote out politicians who do not support Deputy President William Ruto.

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Kenyan politicians should visit the Rwanda Genocide Memorial Museum. The museum’s grounds are a burial site for 250, 000 victims of the 1994 genocide in which a million Tutsis were murdered. Officially known as Genocide Against the Tutsi, the ethically fueled killings are acknowledged as the second worst genocide of the 20th century after the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis during the Second World War. Inside the museum, the politicians will learn that genocide is not committed by people from Mars, and that neighbours who had lived together, and who had shared meals, and whose children played together could be incited to turn murderously against one another.

The museum archives the genesis of genocide. First, people are told that their problems are caused by an ethnic group. Economic difficulties caused by failure of government are reduced to simplistic propagandist formulas. Second, the targeted group is dehumanized by being labelled animals or inanimate objects.

Let’s take the murder of Jews by Nazis as an illustrations of the above points. First, the Nazis told the populace that Jews were the reason Germany lost the First World War. Then people were told that Jews were the cause of the depressed economy. In official propaganda, Jews were depicted as greedy and callous. They were caricatured in drawings as elf-like creatures with deformed features and fiendish eyes. Adolf Hitler called them the “ untermensch” – subhuman. So in the eyes of people, killing Jews was akin to getting rid of parasitic subhumans who stood in the way of progress. This propaganda was so internalised that German soldiers would take pictures with Jewish women and children before spraying them with bullets or hurling them into the gas chambers, much like trophy hunters pose with animals they have killed.

In 2008 in Kenya, the word “madoadoa” was used to refer to minority ethnic Kikuyu living in the Rift Valley, a region which is historically and predominantly inhabited by the Kalenjin people. The propaganda urged people to get rid of “madoadoa”. As a result, hundreds of people were killed by their neighbours and erstwhile friends. This carnage is captured in the most gruesome way imaginable by the burning to death of women and children who had sought refuge in a church.

The word “madoadoa” (spots) lost its neutral meaning and became associated with ethnic murder. Thus the nationwide uproar when Meru Senator Mithika Linturi used it at a rally in the Rift Valley.

In his defence, the senator says he meant that people should vote out politicians who do not support Deputy President William Ruto. That does not make it any better because the audience could very easily turn murderously on those nonconforming politicians. Also, the audience could take the word in the sense it was used in the 2008 killings.

Lastly, no matter the senator’s intentions, the word must have invoked memories of those massacres among survivors, especially those who still live in the Rift Valley.

Tee Ngugi is a Nairobi-based political commentator

In the headlines

Uganda eases border gridlock

In Kampala and other towns, many motorists were rushing to fill their tanks fearing further shortages, causing traffic jams in the capital.

Kenya's top court reviews disputed bid to change constitution

The proposed amendments to the 2010 constitution were approved by parliament in May last year and were then due to be put to a referendum.

Slow Covid-19 testing at Malaba border takes toll on truck drivers

Kenya extends Dubai flight ban

Admission of DRC into E. African bloc enters final stages

Rwandan President Kagame meets Museveni’s envoy

Sudan security kill seven protesters

Financing for Kenyan startups dips

Tuesday January 18 2022

Workers at Kenyan-based Twiga Foods Ltd. Kenya is home to several startups, such as Twiga Foods and Komaza, attracting billions of shillings annually from international investors. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Summary

Data from American online platform Substack shows that funding for young Kenyan firms fell to $411 million last year from $549 million in 2020, a 25.1 percent drop.
Nigeria led venture capital investments in Africa with $1.5 billion last year. South Africa followed at $945 million and Egypt at $599 million.
Kenya is home to several startups, such as Twiga Foods and Komaza, attracting billions of shillings annually from international investors.

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Funding for Kenyan startups by international investors declined by $138 million last year amid a fall in the number of deals valued at more than $1 million.

Data from American online platform Substack shows that funding for young Kenyan firms fell to $411 million last year from $549 million in 2020, a 25.1 percent drop.

This came as the country’s ranking on deals valued over $1 million raised in Africa fell from position one in 2020 to fourth last year.

“Kenya had a particularly strong 2020, topping the table but failed to continue at the same levels in 2021. Last year tells a more contrasted story as the country dropped to fourth in terms of the number of $1 million deals and fifth in total amount raised,” the Substack report says.

Last year’s plunge came after Kenyan startups recorded a funding growth record of $549 million in 2020, up from $184 million in 2019.

Nigeria led venture capital investments in Africa with $1.5 billion last year. South Africa followed at $945 million and Egypt at $599 million.

“Nigeria showed a slump in 2020 but rebounded massively in 2021, driven by a few strong mega deals,” the report noted.

Kenya is home to several startups, such as Twiga Foods and Komaza, attracting billions of shillings annually from international investors. The most active investors in the continent are Launch Africa with more than 44 deals, Kepple Africa (32), Y Combinator (27), LoftyInc Capital (23) and Flat6Labs (19).

Like in the developed world, most of the startups being funded in Kenya and other African markets are in the technology sector.

The growth of Internet connectivity has enabled innovators to come up with new solutions for problems in various areas such as payments, marketing, entertainment and transportation. Investors are attracted by the potential of the solutions to be developed at scale and with minimal incremental costs through mobile apps or computer software.

In the headlines

Uganda eases border gridlock

In Kampala and other towns, many motorists were rushing to fill their tanks fearing further shortages, causing traffic jams in the capital.

Kenya's top court reviews disputed bid to change constitution

The proposed amendments to the 2010 constitution were approved by parliament in May last year and were then due to be put to a referendum.

Slow Covid-19 testing at Malaba border takes toll on truck drivers

Kenya extends Dubai flight ban

Admission of DRC into E. African bloc enters final stages

Rwandan President Kagame meets Museveni’s envoy

Sudan security kill seven protesters

Guinea ex-president Alpha Conde flies to UAE for medical treatment

Tuesday January 18 2022

Guinea's Alpha Conde. PHOTO | AFP

Summary

Conde was overthrown last September by a group of special forces soldiers led by Col. Mamady Doumbouya, who has since declared himself transition president.
Despite repeated demands and sanction by the West African regional bloc Ecowas, the junta refused to release him.

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Four months after his ouster, Guinea’s former president Alpha Conde has had his first taste of freedom after leaving the country.

According to the government, Conde was allowed to leave Guinea for medical treatment.

Conde was overthrown last September by a group of special forces soldiers led by Col. Mamady Doumbouya, who has since declared himself transition president.

Despite repeated demands and sanction by the West African regional bloc Ecowas, the junta refused to release him.

He was held for some time and later placed under house arrest since he was released to go to his home in the capital Conakry in November.

About two weeks ago, the junta confirmed that it had granted a request by his family and the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to evacuate him for medical treatment.

There has been no word about the nature of his illness.

On Monday, an image released by the junta showed Conde, dressed in a black suit and flanked by two bodyguards, shortly before boarding his flight at the newly renamed Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport in Conakry. One of his bodyguards held a briefcase.

A second image showed the former president seated in the special flight, looking desolate.

Reports indicate that he was headed for the United Arab Emirates.

Authorities said the 83-year-old former president was given the option of identifying his choice of destination for treatment.

Conde’s departure has been met with mixed reactions in Guinea.

While some welcomed it, others are concerned that it could be the start of a life in exile. Those who are unhappy about him leaving want to see him face trial for his alleged crimes.

Conde was elected in 2010 in Guinea’s first democratic elections. He was re-elected in 2018 in a disputed poll.

He controversially changed the Constitution to allow him run for a third term, a decision that sparked weeks of protests resulting in deaths and destruction of property.

In the headlines

Uganda eases border gridlock

In Kampala and other towns, many motorists were rushing to fill their tanks fearing further shortages, causing traffic jams in the capital.

Kenya's top court reviews disputed bid to change constitution

The proposed amendments to the 2010 constitution were approved by parliament in May last year and were then due to be put to a referendum.

Slow Covid-19 testing at Malaba border takes toll on truck drivers

Kenya extends Dubai flight ban

Admission of DRC into E. African bloc enters final stages

Rwandan President Kagame meets Museveni’s envoy

Sudan security kill seven protesters

Kenya's top court reviews disputed bid to change constitution

Tuesday January 18 2022

President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and Raila Odinga with copies of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in October, 2020. The Supreme Court ruling on the proposed constitutional changes, expected after three days of hearings, may have major consequences for the August 9 presidential and parliamentary polls. PHOTO | PSCU

Summary

The Supreme Court ruling on the proposed constitutional changes, expected after three days of hearings this week, may have major consequences for the August 9 presidential and parliamentary polls.
The government is seeking to overturn previous court rulings that rejected the sweeping reforms and the way they were introduced as unconstitutional, dealing a blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta and his allies.
The so-called Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) aims to expand the executive and overturn the winner-takes-all electoral system blamed for frequent explosions of poll-related violence in the East African nation.

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Kenya's highest court began Tuesday weighing a legal bid to revive government plans to shake up the country's political system, just months ahead of crucial elections.

The Supreme Court ruling on the proposed constitutional changes, expected after three days of hearings this week, may have major consequences for the August 9 presidential and parliamentary polls.

The government is seeking to overturn court rulings that had dealt a blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta and his allies by rejecting the reforms and the way they were introduced as unconstitutional.

The so-called Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) aims to expand the executive and overturn the winner-takes-all electoral system blamed for frequent explosions of poll-related violence in the East African nation.

But Kenyatta's detractors see it as little more than a naked grab for power by a two-term president who cannot run a third time, with the BBI potentially allowing him to assume a new post of prime minister.

'Freedom to make decisions'

The BBI was drawn up following a rapprochement between Kenyatta and his erstwhile opponent Raila Odinga and a famous handshake between the two men after post-election fighting in 2017 left dozens of people dead.

The proposed amendments to the 2010 constitution were approved by parliament in May last year and were then due to be put to a referendum.

But just two days later, the Nairobi High Court ruled they were illegal as the president did not have the right to initiate the process.

Kenya's Court of Appeal in August upheld that view and said Kenyatta could even be sued in a civil court for launching the process.

Kenyatta's lawyer Karori Kamau insisted at Tuesday's hearing that the law gives the president immunity from prosecution or civil action while he is in office.

"It is necessary that the president has decisional freedom, to make decisions that are key and important to safeguard the interest of the country," he added.

Some analysts say that even if the Supreme Court's seven-member panel sides with government and allows the proposals to be put to a public vote, there will probably not be time to hold a referendum before the August election.

With its diverse population and large ethnic voting blocs, Kenya -- a country of nearly 50 million -- has long suffered politically-motivated communal violence around election time, notably after a 2007 poll when more than 1,100 people died.

'Job promises'

The East African economic powerhouse on Monday began a second round of voter registration, hoping to attract six million new voters, after a similar exercise late last year was blighted by apathy.

BBI's supporters argue the project would improve fairness in the electoral system and help curb unrest, but critics warn it could undermine the country's democratic institutions while creating more opportunities for patronage and corruption.

The reforms called for the creation of the posts of prime minister and two deputies, as well as an official opposition leader, and the expansion of parliament with 70 new constituencies.

"If the Supreme Court overturns the lower courts on (an) expanded executive, top job promises will take centre stage as campaign strategies and might affect the vote outcome," Nairobi-based US International University lecturer Macharia Munene told AFP.

Odinga, who was the face of Kenya's opposition for decades, announced in December he would make his fifth run for the presidency.

The 77-year-old veteran politician's campaign got a boost on Monday when he won the endorsement of at least 30 of Kenya's 47 county governors -- compared to 10 for his rival, Deputy President William Ruto.

The presidential vote is widely seen as a two-horse race between Odinga and Ruto, whom Kenyatta had initially anointed as his successor.

But Ruto, 55, has been frozen out since Odinga's 2018 pact with Kenyatta, and he is vehemently opposed to the BBI.

In the headlines

Uganda eases border gridlock

In Kampala and other towns, many motorists were rushing to fill their tanks fearing further shortages, causing traffic jams in the capital.

Slow Covid-19 testing at Malaba border takes toll on truck drivers

Kenya extends Dubai flight ban

Admission of DRC into E. African bloc enters final stages

Rwandan President Kagame meets Museveni’s envoy

Sudan security kill seven protesters

Total invites bids for grave relocation along Tanzania, Uganda pipeline route

Tuesday January 18 2022

An oil pipeline. Total has invited undertakers to bid for a contract to remove and relocate graves which are situated along the planned Uganda, Tanzania pipeline route. PHOTO | FILE

Summary

The scope of work will include among others engagement with district health officials to arrange for legal requirements for grave removals, compensation for the deceased families, holding of grave removal ceremonies and identification of places for the relocations in collaboration with the affected families and community leaders.

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Total has invited undertakers to bid for a contract to remove and relocate graves which are situated along the planned Uganda, Tanzania pipeline route.

In a public notice, TotalEnergies said the removal of the graves exercise will be done in partnership with the related families and local authorities.

“TotalEnergies invites experienced and reputable organisations to express their interest in planning and executing of the relocation and re-internment of graves along the route affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The process will include conducting the required engagement activities with regional and local authorities and the affected families,” the notice partly reads.

The scope of work will include among others engagement with district health officials to arrange for legal requirements for grave removals, compensation for the deceased families, holding of grave removal ceremonies and identification of places for the relocations in collaboration with the affected families and community leaders.

Once complete, the 1,443-kilometre cross-border pipeline will transport crude oil from the Kabaale in the Hoima District in Uganda, to Tanga where it will be loaded into ships destined for markets abroad.

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