Trucks Bring More Fuel From Kenya
Dec 23, 2002
PETROL trucks have started rolling into the country after the Kenyan authorities allowed Uganda-bound fuel to be transported by road from Nairobi and Mombasa.
By Yunusu Abbey
PETROL trucks have started rolling into the country after the Kenyan authorities allowed Uganda-bound fuel to be transported by road from Nairobi and Mombasa.
By Sunday, 20 trucks had loaded petrol in Nairobi and were heading to Kampala. Some oil firms are using the longer route, collecting the petrol from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
The trucks go through the Kenya-Tanzanian border town of Namanga to Busia on the Uganda-Kenya border. The Dar-Namanga-Nairobi-Busia route is about 1,500km.
The New Vision has learnt that by Sunday, five Kobil trucks, each loaded with 50,000 litres of petrol, had left Dar-es-Salaam.
Petro Uganda had also loaded four trucks from the same port. On Sunday, the company brought in 200,000 litres, which were offloaded yesterday.
Caltex is reported to have offloaded 155,000 litres of petrol in Kampala and 50,000 litres in Jinja on Sunday.
Shell Uganda said they had a problem with their supplies on Sunday but were due to resume normal operations yesterday. Total Uganda was in normal business.
“We were also expecting 15 fuel wagons shipped from Mwanza, Tanzania. Gapco ordered the consignment which was due to dock at Port Bell pier on Sunday,†Fred Kabagambe-Kaliisa, the energy ministry Permanent Secretary, said yesterday.
“I am told the pipeline has also been filled with some fuel. So Ugandan trucks can now load from Eldoret,†Kaliisa added.
Other reports said a consignment of crude oil from the Middle East, which was rejected due to its poor quality, caused the fuel shortage.
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PETROL trucks have started rolling into the country after the Kenyan authorities allowed Uganda-bound fuel to be transported by road from Nairobi and Mombasa.
By Sunday, 20 trucks had loaded petrol in Nairobi and were heading to Kampala. Some oil firms are using the longer route, collecting the petrol from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
The trucks go through the Kenya-Tanzanian border town of Namanga to Busia on the Uganda-Kenya border. The Dar-Namanga-Nairobi-Busia route is about 1,500km.
The New Vision has learnt that by Sunday, five Kobil trucks, each loaded with 50,000 litres of petrol, had left Dar-es-Salaam.
Petro Uganda had also loaded four trucks from the same port. On Sunday, the company brought in 200,000 litres, which were offloaded yesterday.
Caltex is reported to have offloaded 155,000 litres of petrol in Kampala and 50,000 litres in Jinja on Sunday.
Shell Uganda said they had a problem with their supplies on Sunday but were due to resume normal operations yesterday. Total Uganda was in normal business.
“We were also expecting 15 fuel wagons shipped from Mwanza, Tanzania. Gapco ordered the consignment which was due to dock at Port Bell pier on Sunday,†Fred Kabagambe-Kaliisa, the energy ministry Permanent Secretary, said yesterday.
“I am told the pipeline has also been filled with some fuel. So Ugandan trucks can now load from Eldoret,†Kaliisa added.
Other reports said a consignment of crude oil from the Middle East, which was rejected due to its poor quality, caused the fuel shortage.
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