Instead of bickering over fossil oil, use the energy to make biofuels
Rather than, or besides fighting over control of the poison being sold to them by rich international dealers, Uganda and Kenya could put the health of their people, vehicles and wallets first, and jointly develop better ways of powering their transport. ILLUSTRATION | JOSEPH NYAGAH | NMG
For us who are not experts in "diplomacy," it is hard to understand why the governments of Uganda and Kenya should be embroiled in a fight over fossil fuel trade which, anyway, is in the process of getting condemned, if not by international treaties, then by technology in the marketplace.
So, what if Uganda has the right to import its dirty fuel through Kenya while Kenya has the right to help its middlemen get richer by making the poisonous fuel more expensive for Ugandans? Regardless of who wins the financial fight over the dirt, where does it leave the health of the Ugandans, who have to inhale it and spend more buying it using money they could spend on other things?
