Uganda to start oil imports via Mombasa from May, ending months-long dispute

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Trucks transporting petroleum products to Uganda. PHOTO | FILE | NMG 
 

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Kenya will allow Uganda’s state oil firm to import petroleum products through its port of Mombasa, effectively ending a months-long dispute between the two neighbours.

Uganda has been seeking alternative ways of importing petroleum products, including through a Tanzanian port, after its oil retailers for decades received their cargo through affiliated firms in Kenya.