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Museveni and Magufuli launch Mutukula One Stop Border Post

By Joseph Lubandi

Posted on November 9, 2017

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Magufuli speaks at Mutukula today on the start of his state visit where he launched the the One Stop Border Post. PHOTO VIA @LMfumukeko

Mutukula, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania have today inaugurated the Mutukula One Stop Border Post and also laid the cross-border mark-stone for the construction of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

The One Stop Border Posts (OSBP) launched today, is one of 13 that have reduced regional goods transit periods by more than 50% and improved joint border management procedures.

The East African Community (EAC) has completed 13 out of 15 earmarked OSBPs so far, according to Ambassador Liberat Mfumukeko, the Secretary General of EAC.

The two presidents also laid the cross-border East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline mark-stone at the Uganda-Tanzania border point of Mutukula

President Magufuli, who is on a 3-day state visit, advised host communities to take advantage of EACOP to enhance their livelihoods by provision of local content – goods and services.

Magufuli’s visit will climax with laying of the second foundation stone for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Hoima on Saturday.

Presidents Museveni & Magufuli lay the Crossborder Markstone for #EACOP at Mutukula pic.twitter.com/RodFEHaWCW

— MEMD_Uganda (@energyministry) November 9, 2017

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In August, President Yoweri Museveni and Magufuli commissioned the construction of the 1,445km-long East African crude oil pipe line from Hoima district in Uganda to the Tanzanian port of Tanga by laying the first foundation stone.

The heated crude oil pipe line, the longest of its kind in the world, will cost $3.5 billion and will be completed by 2020 making Uganda join the ranks of oil producing countries. The pipeline works will be undertaken by Total E&P, CNOOC and Tullow Oil together with the two governments of Uganda and Tanzania. The pipe line will on completion carry 216,000 barrels of crude oil for export daily.

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