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KAMPALA, 25 June 2013 (PPS) — The leaders made key decisions which will significantly enhance trade and integration in this region.
The pipelines will stretch from South Sudan to Kenya's island town of Lamu and the other from Rwanda to the Kenyan port of Mombasa.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, Paul Kagame of Rwanda and their host Yoweri Museveni held trilateral talks in Entebbe State House where they noted that non-tariff barriers including movement of labour continue to hamper intra-EAC trade and full implementation of the Common Market.
In a joint communiqué read by the Ugandan Foreign minister immediately after the talks, the three leaders noted that delays in the clearing of goods at Mombasa Port and Malaba have also contributed to the slow growth of trade within the region.
In this regard the leaders agreed to take immediate measures to improve management of the port and expedite clearance at the border points.
Noting that infrastructure development, energy and trade are key to the growth of the economy of EAC region, the three leaders agreed to revamp the existing railway network and also construct new standard gauge railway line from Mombasa Kenya to Uganda and extend the same to Rwanda.
The leaders noted that the new standard gauge railway line is part of the northern corridor stretching from Mombasa in Kenya through Uganda to Rwanda.
The leaders also agreed to develop two oil pipelines one for finished products from Eldoret to Kampala and extend the same to Rwanda while the other for crude oil from Uganda to Kenya linking South Sudan.
In the same vein, the three leaders agreed to explore the possibility of EAC partner States of investing in the oil refinery to be constructed in Uganda.
On electricity, the three Presidents agreed to enhance electricity generation and distribution by exploring and utilizing the resources within each partner state, including exploring other alternatives sources like renewable energy, nuclear and geothermal.
Other issues which were agreed upon during the trilateral meeting include strengthening the single customs territory and implementation all the provisions therein where taxes will be collected at the entry points like Mombasa, Mpondwe, Oluhura, fast tracking political federation, issuing EAC e-identity cards for the citizens of the member states and also the EAC single tourist visa.
The three nations were each assigned projects to implement under certain time limits including the three leaders holding meetings after every two months.
The trilateral meeting will take place in Nairobi Kenya on August this year.
http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/12...D/11745/Default.aspx
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Re: شرق افريقيا: الاتفاق على خطوط النفط و التجارة المستركة (Re: Zakaria Joseph)
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President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya Tuesday concluded their working visit after a busy day’s schedule during which they agreed to commit on a number of issues pertaining to infrastructure development, energy, trade facilitation and the East African Cooperation.
The leaders in who first held a tri-lateral closed meeting later held another meeting with their various delegations in which they committed themselves to revamping the old railway lines in Uganda and Kenya and new ones in Rwanda. They agreed to repair, upgrade and extend the railway lines in their respective countries.
On the issue of pipelines, the leaders agreed on two pipelines; one for finished products from Eldoret - Kampala to be extended to Rwanda and also have a reverse mechanism.
The second pipeline is for crude; to take out crude products from Uganda, South Sudan and Kenya to the port of Lamu. They would also explore a partnership in investing in a refinery in Uganda.
The leaders also committed on the issue of generating and distributing electricity, saying they are working around the clock to achieve this.
“It’s a very big shame if you see the kilowatts per capita of our countries. Even if we developed all the hydropower dams we still need more power, where will more power come from. For us we are already planning for nuclear energy. Currently we have found uranium. As long as an in the chair, nobody will touch the uranium in Uganda,” President Museveni who was the minute secretary for the three ######### of state meeting said while presenting their report to the plenary.
He said the three ######### of state also discussed one customs territory to collect taxes from ports like Mombasa in Kenya, Mpondwe in Uganda, Gisenyi in Rwanda etc.
This they said is aimed at strengthening the single customs territory and implement all the provisions therein where taxes will be collected at entry points.
The leaders also discussed the issue of a common visa for tourists and fast track the establishment of the EAC single tourist visas to facilitate the tourist industry in the region.
They said since the visas also have some money which can be shared using particular formulae; this is an issue they will pursue.
The leaders also discussed the issue of the EAC identity cards. President Museveni noted that Rwanda and Kenya are already ahead while Uganda is still wrangling. The leaders want Uganda to come on board and for immigration to accept EAC identity cards as if they are passports to ease the movement of persons and services.
The leaders also agreed on fast tracking the political integration and committed to putting accelerated energy in implementing it.
Using a local proverb which says when you commit suicide you don’t expect people to mourn for you, President Museveni said African countries were weak and that is why `everybody’ wants to trample on them.
“If you worship USA because of its strength, why not build up yourselves if that strength is important? We can even have a committee to draft the EA constitution as a wish document,” he said.
President Museveni reported that to work in the best way possible, they distributed responsibilities among themselves to handle each sector with Uganda chairing the railway development and political federation sector, Kenya chairing the oil pipeline development and electricity generation and distribution while Rwanda will chair the Customs, single tourist visa and EAC e-identity card sector.
“Mobilization of funds will be the responsibility of those who chair sector committees to spearhead the search for money. However it will be the responsibility for all of us to look for money but there must be a lead,” Museveni said.
President Kagame emphasized the issue of review meetings to ensure implementation.
To ensure follow up, the three leaders agreed to meet every after two months to review implementation and make reports with the first meeting in August in Nairobi and the second meeting in October in Kigali.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said the onus is now on the leaders to put together teams to get to work.
“The Political will is there but implementation is lacking. We should push this agenda and move from wishful thinking to implementation,” he said.
The three leaders and their delegations where later hosted to a state luncheon by the host President Museveni and later jointly addressed a press conference. During which Minister for Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa re-emphasized issues discussed by the three leaders.
President Kagame was accompanied by the minister for EAC Monique Mukaruriza, the minister for Infrastructure Prof. Silas Rwakabamba and Maj. Gen. Frank Mugambage Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Uganda.
President Uhuru Kenyatta was accompanied by Amb. Amina C. Mohammed the Cabinent Secretary and minister of Foreign Affairs, Eng. Micheal Kamau, minister of Infrastructure and transport and Hassan Ali Joho the Governor of Mombasa County among others.
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/644375-east-a...o-oil-pipelines.html
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Re: شرق افريقيا: الاتفاق على خطوط النفط و التجارة المستركة (Re: Deng)
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شكرا دينق,
اعتقد ان الرؤساء الثلاثة: موسبينى و كيقامى و كينياتى يعيون جيدا اهمية استقرار المنطقة و نهوضها اقتصاديا و اجتماعيا. و كما تعرف, فان للجنوب طريق مسفلت يربطه مع يوغندا و العمل جارى فى طريق اخر يربط الجنوب بكينيا كما و ان الطريق الذى يربط إثيوبيا باعالى يجرى العمل فيه الان. نلاحظ غياب الرئيس سلفا من هذا الاجتماع, و اظنه تم عن قصد بواسط الدبلوماسية الجنوبية إذ يتواجد الرئيس سلفا حاليا فى بوتسوانا. خطوط انابيب النفط ستكون اقتصادية لانها ستقوم كينيا و يوغندا و الجنوب باستخدامها. هناك اتفاق على انشاء مصفاة على حدود يوغندا لتكرير البترول و اخرى ستقام فى قامبيلا و سيتفيد الجنوب من هذه البنيات.
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Re: شرق افريقيا: الاتفاق على خطوط النفط و التجارة المستركة (Re: Zakaria Joseph)
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شرق افريقيا فى طريقها للنهوض بافريقيا على الرغم من اجماع نخبها على ان هناك قوة تعمل فى الظلام لفرملتها و ابقاء شعوبها فى التخلف.
was last year when Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki interrupted his own speech to make a major announcement.
After years of explorations, the East African country had finally struck oil around Lake Turkana, revealed the obviously excited president.
In the following months, more announcements were made, buoying the country’s spirits. And the rest of Eastern Africa is equally optimistic about recent oil and gas discoveries, posing new opportunities and challenges. These have also attracted external players to the region.
It is known that the region is full of strategic minerals that include gemstones, gold, iron, coal, diamond, tin, tantalum, titanium, and rare earth deposits. Most important, hydrocarbon resources of oil, coal, and natural gas in large quantities seem to dot every country. Subsequently, there are at least 18 extra-continental companies exploring off-shore oil and gas along Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique.
Extra-continental powers, monitoring developments in Eastern Africa that can affect immediate and long term interests, have increased geopolitical competition for supremacy in the region. The Euro-powers used to have a monopoly of the knowledge of, and access to, natural resources in Eastern Africa and did little to develop them but this monopoly appears to have been shattered. Besides, the continued volatility of the traditional oil producing areas in the Middle East necessitates search for other sources of energy.
Eastern Africa is a growing alternative, aided by improved technology that has made it possible for many prospectors to detect and extract large deposits with relative ease. The increase in the number of players has intensified competition which leads to friction in the region.
Brighter future
China and India are among the external competitors that are interested in influencing the region and have had different effects. They are innovative in catering for their rapidly expanding economies whose appetite for oil and natural gas has fuelled demand for hydrocarbon resources. They represent growing Asian interest in the East African oil and natural gas because Eastern Africa is comparatively safer than the Middle East and cheaper than what Australia offers. This is a source of concern for Australia which sees East Africa as a threat to its natural gas market.
The Asian markets are not worried. China seems eager to destroy the myth of unprofitability by investing heavily in the region. In its effort to make Zambia a showcase of the Beijing consensus, it rehabilitated Zambian mines that the Euro-powers had closed supposedly because of their unprofitability, and still made profit. The attractive Chinese message in the region is that it can be done and this has, and will continue to have, a transformative effect on other extra-continental players.
China will continue to be a player where oil and natural gas are in plenty and where big companies are flocking to stake claims. Its CNOOC is among those showing interest along with Total, Heritage and Gas that was founded by British mercenary Tony Buckingham, Tullow Oil, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Canada’s Africa Oil Cooperation, ENI, Petrobras, and Anadarko.
The peoples of the region are excited and generally hope that the “discoveries” will mean a bright economic future. They, however, wonder whether they will be visited by the curse of oil that is evident in some areas. Among the positives associated with the discoveries of oil and natural gas is the “hope” that inspires dreams of a prosperous region.
There is oil in South Sudan, the subject of continuing dispute with the Republic of Sudan, which forces Juba to look for alternative outlets. Like Ethiopia, it has problems in accessing the sea which has led to close collaboration with Kenya to open up the “second corridor” that starts in Lamu on the Kenyan coast. This is both an economic and security lifeline that will lead to exploitation of more resources in the region. The prospects for the “corridor” stimulating the region economically are high.
Bigger forces
Uganda also discovered commercial quantity oil in the Lake Albert area, bordering Eastern Congo, in 2006, but it has had problems producing oil. Uganda’s oil calculations have floundered and the prospects are not good given that its initial hope of becoming the regional supplier of oil is unlikely to materialise. Instead, the Lake Albert oil zone has become heavily militarised with President Yoweri Museveni’s son as the area commander. And among the operators is Heritage Oil and Gas Company which in 2007 triggered a border skirmish between Uganda and Congo, showing how sensitive the area is. In addition, Uganda has no technical and financial resources and its intended large market in Kenya has disappeared.
Prospects are better in Kenya which, strategically located to be the processor and marketer of the region, hopes to maintain position as the geopolitical hub of Eastern Africa. With its own discovery of commercial quantity oil in Turkana, natural gas along the Coast, and coal in Ukambani, Kenya is reluctant to be another country’s market. In this context, it seemingly is going out of its way to build the appropriate infrastructure in anticipation of the benefits to come. The joint effort with South Sudan and Ethiopia on the “second corridor” is the most visible.
Still, there are serious, mostly political and security related concerns about the possible impact of the resources and whether Kenya is adequately prepared. Since the attacks in Baragoi and Tana Delta do not fit the ordinary cattle rustling scenario and the assertions of separatism by the Mombasa Republican Council make little sense, questions arise as to whether there could be bigger forces in operation. Are these activities part of external efforts to create political uncertainty, weaken the Kenyan state, and ensure external control of hydrocarbon resources?
Like Kenya, Tanzania has secessionist challenges in Zanzibar, in the name of UAMSHO, with the potential availability of offshore natural gas as the catalyst. The amount of natural gas in Tanzania and neighbouring Mozambique is estimated to be about of 100 trillion cubic feet, and this has attracted many global players because it appears to be inexhaustible, especially as more is likely to be discovered. The companies and their staff, however, appear to live in a world that is different from that of Tanzanians and seem to enjoy extra-territoriality. This creates resentment and although Tanzania receives annual registration fees from every company supposedly to serve the people, the benefits do not appear to trickle down enough. While this is partly blamed on corruption, it is more a consequence of Tanzanians lacking capacity and not being prepared to tackle the rapidly expanding hydrocarbon industry. Such incapacity makes Tanzania vulnerable to external manipulation.
Intricacies of oil
The growing discoveries of oil and natural gas in different parts of Eastern Africa portends well for the region if the matter is well handled politically. This political handling is first within the region to reduce suspicion and enhance collaboration. The countries currently compete for dominance and therefore open themselves to external manipulation with one country pitted against the other. Given that the region is small as a market of what it produces, the chances are that they will compete to export which will give advantage to the external importers.
Second, it is also a matter of building capacity, which takes time. The actual production of oil or natural gas is years away and the countries will continue to rely on the goodwill of oil companies. The countries are actually in a situation similar to oil producing countries in the 1950s before they created OPEC. Even then, OPEC took almost a decade to learn the oil business before it could have an impact on determining oil production and marketing. Peoples in Eastern Africa know virtually nothing about oil and gas and will take time before they can master the political and technical intricacies of oil and natural gas control. But it can be done.
The discoveries of hydrocarbons in the region in large quantities will have positive effects. While acknowledging internal and external obstacles to be overcome, the prospects for prosperity are high and with the right capacity, the future is bright. The discoveries are instilling “hope” that a better economic future is possible. It is largely this hope that is stimulating infrastructural developments.
-ProfMunene is a Professor of History and International Relations, United States International University, Nairobi
http://www.africareview.com/Special-Reports/W...14wwn17/-/index.html
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Re: شرق افريقيا: الاتفاق على خطوط النفط و التجارة المستركة (Re: Zakaria Joseph)
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تصريحات البشير المتكررة و المستفزة للجنوبين و الجزم بانه يحمل فى يده الاكسجين الذى يتنفسه اهل الجنوب و يستطيع قفله متى ما شاء و التهديد بضرب "ابو الطيب المتنبى" و لعنهم بالكفر "الحشرات" قد صدمت من لا يعرفون الرجل فى دول جوار الجنوب و البعض فى كينيا و يوغندا و حتى اثيوبيا اصبح يتسال متى يمكن للجنوبين تحمل إساءت هذا الرجل???
لقد كان هناك امل فى الجنوب ان تظل ابواب الاتصال مفتوحة و احترام يسود مهما اختلفنا سياسيا حتى لا يهدم الجسور القائمة للاجيال القادمة و لكن هذا لن يحدث و سوف نحتاج لاجيال لنسيان شتائم البشير
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Re: شرق افريقيا: الاتفاق على خطوط النفط و التجارة المستركة (Re: Zakaria Joseph)
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Tanzania plans a railway line to reach South Sudan
Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda have reached a formal agreement to construct a multi-billion dollar railway network, which would also serve South Sudan and tap into the bloc’s growing trade.
The project, to commence in 2014, is expected to take three years and cost $4.7 billion.
This will run alonsgside the $3 billion Tanga-Arusha-Musoma-Kampala railway line that is expected to be completed by 2015.
Tanzania and Uganda signed an agreement with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation to undertake a feasibility study and implementation of the project, which will be the main gateway of Mwambani Port in Tanga, Musoma dock and Port Bell in Uganda.
“We are expecting to handover the feasibility study by April while construction of the 880km railway line is expected to be completed by 2015.” the Chinese engineering firm managing director Wang Xiangdong said,
Mr Xiangdong said the railway line will be constructed to the 1,435mm, which is the standard gauge used in other countries and directed by both states.
The project will see Tanga and Musoma ports dedicated to handle cargo, traffic destined to Uganda and South Sudan. Beyond that the project will help to ease congestion at Tanzania’s principal’s port, Dar es Salaam.
Freight would be conveyed from Musoma by ferry to the Port Bell pier -- about 350km of transportation in the lake. A rail connection already runs via Tororo to Gulu – nearly 600km – on the Pakwach branch.
A new line of roughly 250km would be constructed to Juba, and a further 550km to the Wao railhead in South Sudan.
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Tanz...52eaqsz/-/index.html
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Zakaria Joseph
عبداللطيف شريف على
Deng
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
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