Total’s bid for a Tanzania pipeline route rejected
An oil pipeline. Total wanted the route changed from Hoima in Uganda via northern Kenya to Lamu in favour of Hoima via central Tanzania to the Port of Tanga. PHOTO | FILE | AFP
Kenya and Uganda have rejected a push by Total France to have a proposed crude oil pipeline, being developed by the two countries, pass through Tanzania.
Total has been on a publicity offensive to have the route changed — from Hoima in Uganda via northern Kenya to Lamu on the Indian Ocean — in favour of another from Hoima via Dar es Salaam to the port of Tanga on the Indian Ocean.
