EAC MPs tell off EU counterparts, back oil pipeline project
Former Tanzanian president John Magufuli (left) and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on November 9, 2017 listen to a presentation on the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline project. EALA members have told off their European Union counterparts and urged Uganda to implement the project. PHOTO | TINA SMOLE | AFP
Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) have told off their European Union counterparts and urged Uganda to implement East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP).
The project, to be undertaken by French oil major Total Energies, has been criticised by the European Union parliament over alleged violation of environmental and human rights principles, forcing the involved firms to publicly defend it.
