Kenya monopoly of Uganda oil imports to end

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

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Uganda will start importing fuel directly from next month in a deal with Vitol Bahrain which the country hopes will supply cheap petroleum products.

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa, told oil marketers in a circular that Uganda National Oil Company’s (Unoc) maiden cargo of super petrol and diesel would arrive between June 18 and 26.