Summary
Landlocked Uganda has announced it will build a major pipeline to export its oil through Tanzania in Kampala at a summit of the East African Community bloc with Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan.
Uganda had planned to send the pipeline through Kenya, which wanted a joint facility for oil from its own fields that are under development. It is concerned about possible attacks by Somalia’s al-shabab Islamists because of further south. It is said that it costs about 4 billions creates 15000 jobs. It suggests that Uganda backed the Tanzanian route because the country’s port of Tanga is already fully operational, while Kenya’s Lamu ports still being built.
Opinion
I think the reports is good idea, so I find the important things.
First, it is that the east Africa which is not productive area will become the big country to product much oil after a few years. Because the demand from many country gets higher to product oil, the economy in Africa may develop. Also, the project needs many people, so the many worker is turned out. It means that it helps the economy and jobs.
Second, it will affect all over the world. The oil in Africa contains less sulfur than other countries, so We Japan, Asia which consume much oil will take on it still more and it is able to keep the relation between supply and demand in balance.
In these reason, I think the report is good idea for their own country and other country.