Kenya lobbies Uganda to stick with Mombasa for petroluem imports

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Boda boda operators queue as they await their turn to be served by an attendant at a petrol station in Uganda’s capital Kampala, on January 18, 2022. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Kenya is lobbying Uganda to continue using the port of Mombasa to import fuel when the neighbouring country starts direct purchases of petroleum products this month.

Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development confirmed that high-level talks between the two countries took place in November amid mounting fears that Kampala will drop the port of Mombasa in favour of the port of Dar es Salaam to handle fuel imports.

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