NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 3 – Uganda has taken Kenya to the East African Court of Justice after it was denied a permit to operate in the country as well as export fuel to the neighboring nation.
Kenyan authorities failed to issue the license to the Ugandan National Oil Corporation after failing to meet requirements.
The Ministry of Energy and the Energy and Petroleum Authority requested ENOC to get an import, export, and wholesale license so that its petroleum products could access Kenya Pipeline Company’s storage and transportation infrastructure.
UNOC was also asked to show an annual sale of 6,600 cubic metres of either a combination of premium motor spirit or automotive gasoline, among others.
It was also required to show an annual turnover of $10 million as well as proof of ownership or long-term lease of one licensed petroleum bulk storage depot in Kenya.
Uganda imports a bulk (about 90 percent) of its refined petroleum products through the Port of Mombasa before being transported to the East African nation via the KPC pipeline.
President Yoweri Museveni said fuel prices in Uganda were huge after Kenya signed government-to-government fuel import deals with Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation, and Emirates National Oil Company.
