Ethiopia denies signing deal on construction of pipeline

[bagamoyo]

July 12, 2016
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopia denies signing deal on construction of pipeline

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 the construction of the pipeline, despite the announcement of the same by State House in Nairobi.

“We did not sign a pipeline construction deal. This is utterly an erroneous report,” the minister, Mr 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.

Photo: Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (left) and President Uhuru Kenyatta in State House, Nairobi on June 23, 2016

This is a contradiction to what State House announced late last month when Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn visited Nairobi.

Source: Ethiopia denies signing deal on construction of pipeline

 

[bagamoyo]

July 09, 2016
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

By The ReporterEthiopia Newspaper

Ministry denies signing oil pipeline deal with Kenya

Photo: the Ethiopian Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas Mr. Tolossa Shagi.

The Ethiopian Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas has denied the recent media report which claims that Ethiopia and Kenya had signed oil pipeline deal.

According to the media report, the proposed pipeline would run all the way from Lamu to Addis Ababa.

However, the Ethiopian Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas has completely denied the vera city of the report. “We did not sign pipeline construction deal. This is utterly an erroneous report,” Tolossa Shagi told The Reporter yesterday.

“A proposal was presented to us but this is not something that we jump into abruptly. We need to evaluate the technical and economical feasibility. Our legal experts have to asses the proposal,” Tolosaa said.

The minister, however, said that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the governments of Ethiopia and Kenya on oil and gas cooperation. “Kenya has discovered oil reserves in different parts of the country. So we agreed to work on experience sharing and training. We signed an oil and gas cooperation agreement,” he said.

Ethiopia is contemplating to build a fuel pipeline stretching from Djibouti Port to central Ethiopia. A South African based infrastructure investment group, Black Rhino Group, has finalized its feasibility study on a 1.5 billion dollars Ethio-Djibouti fuel pipeline construction project.

Backed by Black Stone Group, the US investment group, Black Rhino Group, has proposed to the Ethiopian government to build a 550 km long line to transport diesel, gasoline and jet fuel from the port access in Djibouti to central Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government has reviewed the proposal and accepted it in principle. The Ethiopian and Djiboutian governments last year signed framework agreements on pipeline construction. There is also an initiative by the Ethiopian government to build a gas export pipeline from the Ogaden gas fields to the port of Djibouti.

Source: Ministry denies signing oil pipeline deal with Kenya

 

[Hoshea]

Kenya has presented her idea of pipeline to how many countries now. Your gova's so desperate na pipeline, mbona uchumi wenyu diverse sana. Uhuru anataka monopolize iyo mafuta kama maziwa.

Goodluck mazee

 

[Livale]

Kenya has presented her idea of pipeline to how many countries now. Y'all so desperate na pipeline, mbona uchumi wenyu diverse sana.

Goodluck mazee

Ni interest ya linking our transport network with most if not all our neighbors, not desperation. The little links tunazo with Tanzania (50m) na Uganda (38m) zimetupea such a huge market na kufoster economic growth kwa nchi zote tatu, can you picture how beneficial strengthening of this links and adding new linkage to Ethiopia (100m) would be economically to all nations

 

[game over]

From that Land of lies and theft
ni hamjielewi..
If even a state house imejaa mihemko sijui watu wake mpoje..
I wonder how comes you guys exist as a Nation.
Sasa kila jirani yenu ameshawakimbia as we speak, hamuendani na yoyote..
Shame on you!

 

[Depay]

From that Land of lies and theft
ni hamjielewi..
If even a state house imejaa mihemko sijui watu wake mpoje..
I wonder how comes you guys exist as a Nation.
Sasa kila jirani yenu ameshawakimbia as we speak, hamuendani na yoyote..
Shame on you!

Afadhali sie! You are a land of witchcraft, Albino devours, Poachers, Drug peddlers and lazy ujamaa bums who want to eat where they have not sowed!....An abuse for an Abuse

 

[Jaslaws]

Best news of the day!!

 

[ntita]

kumbe walikua wanatafuta KIKI

 

[bagamoyo]

From that Land of lies and theft
ni hamjielewi..
If even a state house imejaa mihemko sijui watu wake mpoje..
I wonder how comes you guys exist as a Nation.
Sasa kila jirani yenu ameshawakimbia as we speak, hamuendani na yoyote..
Shame on you!

Inabidi ndugu zetu wachangiaji mada wakuu toka Kenya kama MK254, Quickly, Samuel999 & co. Waje hapa kutufahamisha kwa nini kila jirani "anakimbia" hizi "project kubwa" za Kenya?!

 

[Xplorer]

these guys thinks kusign mikataba ni kama kulima miraa!

 

[Mpendwa1]

It's sad the Kenyan reporter mislead people by their reporting.

Ni vizuri vile vile kwamba Ethiopia wamekubali kufanya hiyo feasibility study. Natumai watakubali kufanya deal baadaye.

 

[Xplorer]

It's sad the Kenyan reporter mislead people by their reporting.

Ni vizuri vile vile kwamba Ethiopia wamekubali kufanya hiyo feasibility study. Natumai watakubali kufanya deal baadaye.

Ha ha ha haaaaaaa

 

[LAGOSA]

Hii aibu tena kwa kenya

 

[Geza Ulole]

kwenye hii habari Nation wame-block comment sections! Wanajua moto ambao watu wangewasha!

 

[Eyce]

Ni interest ya linking our transport network with most if not all our neighbors, not desperation. The little links tunazo with Tanzania (50m) na Uganda (38m) zimetupea such a huge market na kufoster economic growth kwa nchi zote tatu, can you picture how beneficial strengthening of this links and adding new linkage to Ethiopia (100m) would be economically to all nations

Desperation ya Kenyatta means something else to me ........

Hii inaitwa "struggle for the fittest"... Long time economical supremacy ya Kenya ilichangiwa na kutokuwa na strong & competitive economical rivals lakini kwa sasa time imebadilika maana ile dominance yake katika horticultural products, airline,tourism , industrial product etc.. Is threatened by its neighbours especially Tanzania and ethiopia

Ndo maana ninaona anajitahidi kuendeleza mazingira rafiki kwa multinational investment from physical infrastructures, technology and education...

Kenyatta anakumbana na wakati mgumu kiuchumi pengine kuliko hata Marais waliopita hivyo, desperation ni lazma iwepo

 

[that mken]

You Kenyans are real nyang'au,
From that Land of lies and theft
ni hamjielewi..
If even a state house imejaa mihemko sijui watu wake mpoje..
I wonder how comes you guys exist as a Nation.
Sasa kila jirani yenu ameshawakimbia as we speak, hamuendani na yoyote..
Shame on you!

we try to get a pipe line deal with a country we are called Nyangaus, but when you made a deal with Uganda you were all about showing us your asses and trolling us. you are a weird jealous people don't blame us for your laziness

 

[Geza Ulole]

we try to get a pipe line deal with a country we are called Nyangaus, but when you made a deal with Uganda you were all about showing us your asses and trolling us. you are a weird jealous people don't blame us for your laziness

hahah trying to get and getting the deal are 2 different things!

 

[elbarik]

I wonder why this guys ares so bitter with kenyans.

 

[sgs]

Wameumbuka sasa wanachofanya ni kujishaua tu,na matusi

 

[Juakali1980]

You TANZANIANS THINK A PIPELINE IS ALL THERE IS TO ECONOMIC SUCCESS....THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN TRADE WITH ETHIOPIA...Have you tanzanias ever heard of ROADS AND TRAINS??