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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Simanova on July 13, 2016, 04:41:24 PM
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In their hurry to save face from the Uganda snubbing, they opted to LIE. Ethiopia let the lie go on for a while and when serious inquiries were made let the cat escape from the gunia:
I do not expect the usual insulting round from Duale and company. They learned from trying to insult Magufuli and M7 that it is counter productive. For us in CORD we can't thank Maina Kamanda, Kimani Ichung'wa and other bigots enough. Let them keep up the good work.
The Ethiopian government has clarified that an oil pipeline deal it signed with Kenya was only a commitment by both sides to assess the feasibility of the project, an Ethiopian newspaper reported on Saturday.
The country’s ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas denied inking a formal agreement on constructing a pipeline, contradicting an announcement on the matter by State House in Nairobi.
“We did not sign a pipeline construction deal. This is utterly an erroneous report,” the minister, Tolossa Shagi, told The Reporter.
Mr Shagi said: “We have agreed to take some time to assess the matter. We will hold more talks and may ink a deal if we find the project proposal economically and technically sound. But I can confirm to you that we did not sign a pipeline construction agreement”.
According to the minister, Kenya had presented the idea of a pipeline to his government, with Addis Ababa agreeing to assess its potential before committing to constructing it.
This contradicts what State House announced late last month when Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn visited Nairobi.
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/ethiopia-denies-signing-deal-on-construction-of-pipeline/-/1056/3292406/-/svim3rz/-/index.html
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If you look at the map, there is no good reason why Ethiopia would choose Kenya over Djibouti, for a pipeline. I don't think it has anything to do with ill feelings or doubts against the current government in Kenya.
The UG-TZ pipeline on the other hand says something about what currency Uganda places on Kenya's reliability.
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Upstream (from exporting crude oil) -they are like to work with kenya--Oil is being explored in Omo valley which is near turkana - but for downstream (refined oil) -then it make senses to go Dijbouti route.
If you look at the map, there is no good reason why Ethiopia would choose Kenya over Djibouti, for a pipeline. I don't think it has anything to do with ill feelings or doubts against the current government in Kenya.
The UG-TZ pipeline on the other hand says something about what currency Uganda places on Kenya's reliability.
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Upstream (from exporting crude oil) -they are like to work with kenya--Oil is being explored in Omo valley which is near turkana - but for downstream (refined oil) -then it make senses to go Dijbouti route.
If you look at the map, there is no good reason why Ethiopia would choose Kenya over Djibouti, for a pipeline. I don't think it has anything to do with ill feelings or doubts against the current government in Kenya.
The UG-TZ pipeline on the other hand says something about what currency Uganda places on Kenya's reliability.
Then it makes sense. If all they are doing is prospecting for oil in that region. It just means that if they find it, then they will consider the pipeline. I was just pointing out the weakness of looking at everything through CORD/Jubilant lens when there are better explanations.