Kenya oil dealers in panic as Uganda picks Tanga port over Mombasa
Nairobi, Feb. 26 -- Kenyan oil dealers are in a crisis mode after Uganda stuck to its guns and started talks with Tanzania to import its fuel through the Port of Tanga instead of the Port of Mombasa following a spat with Nairobi.
Uganda had initially announced that it was in talks with Tanzania to use the Port of Dar es Salaam to import its fuel after Kenya refused to give it concessions to use its pipeline.
But the road distance between Dar es Salaam and Kampala is 1,715.6km, which is 49.5 percent longer that the distance of 1,147.6km between Mombasa and Kampala.
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This shorter distance means that Uganda saves up to $35 per cubic meter for using Mombasa instead of D...
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