{UAH} Uganda president Museveni’s oil polygamy and the East African pipeline race | MG Africa Mobile
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As he ages, and enters what inevitably are his last years in office, the control of oil has become a critical element in the Museveni succession – and pension.
Quoting a Ugandan proverb to explain his philosopy on the Tanzania and Kenya pipelines, Museveni said: "if puppies are young, you don't know which one will be a better hunter, so you feed all of them and when they grow you see which one emerges the best hunter," Museveni said that for now, the two projects should be allowed to go ahead.
Quoting a Ugandan proverb to explain his philosopy on the Tanzania and Kenya pipelines, Museveni said: "if puppies are young, you don't know which one will be a better hunter, so you feed all of them and when they grow you see which one emerges the best hunter," Museveni said that for now, the two projects should be allowed to go ahead.
It would also be the longest heated oil pipeline in the world; Uganda's crude oil is waxy in nature, which means the pipeline will have to be heated for the oil to flow. Getting the product to sea will also require multiple pump stations to overcome the hills and valleys of the Great Rift Valley that cuts through the region.
The longest pipeline in Africa is the Tazama pipeline from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Ndola in Zambia, which runs for 1,710 km.
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