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REGIONAL REPORT​

Uhuru pursues Suluhu: Why Kenya is dying for a new chapter with Tanzania​

Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Hassan witnessed the signing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project agreement​

In Summary
• On Saturday, through a message, Uhuru assured President Hassan that Kenya is ready to cooperate with Tanzania and extended an invitation to her to Kenya.
• The following day, Hassan was in Uganda for a one-day visit; it was her first international trip as president.

by ELIUD KIBII
Subeditor and writer
Siasa
18 April 2021 - 05:00
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan speaks with the media after talks with Kenyan special envoy Amina Mohamed (Sports CS) at State House, Dar es Salaam, on April 10, 2021.
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan speaks with the media after talks with Kenyan special envoy Amina Mohamed (Sports CS) at State House, Dar es Salaam, on April 10, 2021.
Image: STATE HOUSE DAR ES SALAM

President Uhuru Kenyatta last Saturday dispatched Ambassador Amina Mohamed to Dar es Salam to deliver a message to his counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan just a day before she flew to Kampala.

During the visit, Sports CS Amina and President Hassan discussed the intent to enhance relations between Tanzania and Kenya, which have been hostile in recent years.

A statement by State House Dar es Salam director of communications said President Hassan assured Uhuru of her readiness to continue the good things that were underway during her predecessor John Magufuli’s administration.

She said they will solve challenges between Kenya and Tanzania because the two East African Community states are siblings and historical friends.

In this regard, President Suhulu called on ministers and experts from the two states establishing the Joint Permanent Commission, who have not met since 2016, to immediately meet and find ways of improving the ties.

“There are many other issues we will engage diplomatically through diplomatic channels to improve our relations. The message was that Kenya is ready to enhance our ties and work with us,” President Hassan told the media after the meeting.

Uhuru assured Hassan that Kenya is ready to cooperate with Tanzania and extended an invitation to President Hassan to Kenya.




The following day, Hassan was in Uganda for a one-day visit. It was her first international trip as president.

Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Hassan witnessed the signing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project agreement, paving the way for the construction of a 1,440km crude oil pipeline from Uganda's Albertine region to Tanzanian seaport of Tanga.

The signing was set for March 22 but was postponed following the death of Magufuli.

Hassan assured Museveni that her government will continue enhancing their relations, including seeking new areas of cooperation. Museveni, for his part, termed the signing of the deal as "the third victory for Uganda and Tanzania".

The pipeline deal effectively means Kenya's plans to jointly set up an oil pipeline with Uganda have gone up in smoke.

In 2014, Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan had agreed to set up the Uganda–Kenya Crude Oil Pipeline with South Sudan joining the project at its Unity State as an alternative to its only current oil export route through Port Sudan. In 2015, however, Uganda opted to partner with Tanzania, saying it was cheaper.

Museveni said the decision to opt for the Tanzania route was based on economic benefits and acknowledgment of Dar's role in the removal of Idd Amin and as well as proof of friendly cooperation.

Why the bid to reach out to Tanzania under Hassan's administration?

Speaking in Dodoma during the state funeral service for Magufuli, President Hassan promised to enhance Tanzania's ties with regional states.

“We will enhance and promote our relations with our neighbours. Tanzania will continue to be a good neighbour and an important ally in regional and international cooperation. Our ties will continue to be good and even get better under my leadership,” she said.

Unlike Magufuli, who was inward looking, Hassan appears ready to reach out. She is not new to regional or international diplomacy, having been delegated the function of representing Tanzania in most UN, AU, SADC and EAC meetings.

Hassan tasked newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Liberata Mulamula to improve Tanzania’s relations with the region and the international community.
“We don’t want to go alone,” she told Mulamula during her swearing-in.

However, African Affairs Editor at China Global Television Network Douglas Okwatch says Hassan's policy is one of continuity rather than a shift.

He said the two countries share a history, where Tanzania has played an interventionist role in Uganda's political affairs in times of crisis.

"I think Kenya, its regional economic prowess—which elevates its leader as the region's leader—serves to repel Uganda as this clashes with Museveni's own regional power interests. In Kenya, therefore, Museveni may be happier playing political spoiler," Okwatch said.

International relations lecturer Dr Kigen Morumbasi told the Star that as an anchor state, it is in the interest of Kenya to have cordial and beneficial ties with its neighbours.

"The recent meeting between the Uganda and Tanzania heads of state was expected due to the progress that had been achieved by President Museveni of Uganda and former Tanzania President Magufuli," Dr Kigen said on Thursday.

He teaches at Strathmore University and is a visiting lecturer at the Rwanda Defence Force Command and Staff College. He is also chairman of the International Relations Society of Kenya.

Noting that the Tanzania-Uganda meeting was set earlier, Dr Kigen said for Uganda, it was formalisation of earlier resolutions while for Kenya, it was to signify goodwill for cooperation with President Hassan.

On the implication of the Uganda-Tanzania deal on the region, Kigen noted that it will likely bring in new state and non-state actors.

"The planned oil pipeline will provide alternatives for other countries in the region such as South Sudan and DR Congo. This is ushering and era of sea port diplomacy in the East Africa region, with Tanzania and Kenya emerging as strategic countries," he said.

"At the regional level, Kenya has also established an agreement with Ethiopia on the Eastern Electricity Highway".

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President Hassan has promised to enhance Tanzania's ties with the EAC region states
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MY TAKE
It is good to see that Kenyan technocrats r waking up to a reality South Sudan and DRC oilfields r to join EACOP! However they wake up too late from their slumber moody..
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The bystanders will never agree this.
 
Naton Jr said:
Nimemsikiliza James Mataragio
Nimepata insights kadhaa muhimu kuhusu EACOP

✅ Tanzania itakua na 15% sawa na wenye mafuta Uganda

✅ Total watajenga jumla ya kilometers 300 za barabara kama sehemu ya mradi

✅ Total wataimarisha zaidi reli ya kati kwa kujenga depots zaidi ya 8

✅ TRC watabeba mzigo wa Total kwa zaidi ya 80%

✅ Tanesco watafanya Biashara kubwa sana Total na ya kudumu wakati wa ujenzi na baada ya ujenzi

🇹🇿🕯️ Magufuli Legacy Lives 🕯️🇹🇿


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Nimemsikiliza James Mataragio
Nimepata insights kadhaa muhimu kuhusu EACOP

✅ Tanzania itakua na 15% sawa na wenye mafuta Uganda

✅ Total watajenga jumla ya kilometers 300 za barabara kama sehemu ya mradi

✅ Total wataimarisha zaidi reli ya kati kwa kujenga depots zaidi ya 8

✅ TRC watabeba mzigo wa Total kwa zaidi ya 80%

✅ Tanesco watafanya Biashara kubwa sana Total na ya kudumu wakati wa ujenzi na baada ya ujenzi

🇹🇿🕯️ Magufuli Legacy Lives 🕯️🇹🇿


 
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French banks disavow Total’s EACOP plans​

Three French banks have committed not to provide project financing for the Total-led East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

By Ed Reed22/04/2021, 4:04 pm
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Three French banks have committed not to provide project financing for the Total-led East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

BNP Paribas, Société Générale and Crédit Agricole will not participate, France’s Les Echos newspaper reported.

“The project is too hard to defend,” Les Echos quoted an unnamed source as saying.

A statement from Reclaim Finance noted that Barclays, Credit Suisse and ANZ had also said they would steer clear of the EACOP plan.

The environmental NGO called on Natixis to follow suit.

BankTrack researcher Ryan Brightwell called on Standard Bank, SMBC and ICBC “to take these concerns seriously and withdraw their support”.

Total committed to the Lake Albert development, which includes EACOP, on April 11. However, it has not concluded talks on securing the expected $2.5 billion of financing thought to be required to build the world’s longest heated pipeline.

Crédit Agricole has provided $7.3 billion of financing to Total between 2016 and 2020, while BNP Paribas provided nearly $6bn. The four French banks in total have provided more than $16bn to Total, it said.
Amundi, in which Crédit Agricole is the largest shareholder, is the second largest shareholder in Total after BlackRock.

Broader push​

Reclaim Finance’s founder Lucie Pinson welcomed the move, saying it was a “major blow for this polluting and unjust pipeline. Natixis and other international banks should now follow their lead.”

Pinson went on to say the banks should not finance new oil and gas projects of Total, while shareholders should vote against the company’s climate strategy.

Total is holding its AGM on May 28. Shareholders will vote on Total’s plans for carbon neutrality by 2050, with a 15% reduction by 2030.

Reclaim Finance has criticised Total for failing to include its scope 3 emissions in its carbon neutrality plans, outside Europe.

The NGO has said the vote at Total’s AGM is about communication. “Total does not need to be encouraged to communicate on its climate strategy; Total needs to be pushed to adopt a climate strategy that is compatible with a viable climate trajectory,” it has said.

Shell is also holding a vote on its climate ambitions in May and has come under fire for its plans.

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French banks disavow Total’s EACOP plans

Three French banks have committed not to provide project financing for the Total-led East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). BNP Paribas, Société
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Geza Ulole said:
OIL & GAS / AFRICA / PIPELINES

French banks disavow Total’s EACOP plans​

Three French banks have committed not to provide project financing for the Total-led East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

By Ed Reed22/04/2021, 4:04 pm
Photo of Ed Reed

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Three French banks have committed not to provide project financing for the Total-led East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

BNP Paribas, Société Générale and Crédit Agricole will not participate, France’s Les Echos newspaper reported.

“The project is too hard to defend,” Les Echos quoted an unnamed source as saying.

A statement from Reclaim Finance noted that Barclays, Credit Suisse and ANZ had also said they would steer clear of the EACOP plan.

The environmental NGO called on Natixis to follow suit.

BankTrack researcher Ryan Brightwell called on Standard Bank, SMBC and ICBC “to take these concerns seriously and withdraw their support”.

Total committed to the Lake Albert development, which includes EACOP, on April 11. However, it has not concluded talks on securing the expected $2.5 billion of financing thought to be required to build the world’s longest heated pipeline.

Crédit Agricole has provided $7.3 billion of financing to Total between 2016 and 2020, while BNP Paribas provided nearly $6bn. The four French banks in total have provided more than $16bn to Total, it said.
Amundi, in which Crédit Agricole is the largest shareholder, is the second largest shareholder in Total after BlackRock.

Broader push​

Reclaim Finance’s founder Lucie Pinson welcomed the move, saying it was a “major blow for this polluting and unjust pipeline. Natixis and other international banks should now follow their lead.”

Pinson went on to say the banks should not finance new oil and gas projects of Total, while shareholders should vote against the company’s climate strategy.

Total is holding its AGM on May 28. Shareholders will vote on Total’s plans for carbon neutrality by 2050, with a 15% reduction by 2030.

Reclaim Finance has criticised Total for failing to include its scope 3 emissions in its carbon neutrality plans, outside Europe.

The NGO has said the vote at Total’s AGM is about communication. “Total does not need to be encouraged to communicate on its climate strategy; Total needs to be pushed to adopt a climate strategy that is compatible with a viable climate trajectory,” it has said.

Shell is also holding a vote on its climate ambitions in May and has come under fire for its plans.

www.energyvoice.com

French banks disavow Total’s EACOP plans

Three French banks have committed not to provide project financing for the Total-led East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). BNP Paribas, Société
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Kuna mjinga mmoja Teargass anasema eti bank Crédit Agricole is a second largest shareholder in TOTAL while the fact is, Amundi is a second largest shareholder after BlackRock.
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Amundi, in which Crédit Agricole is the largest shareholder, is the second largest shareholder in Total after BlackRock.
 
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Pipeline Project: Gov’t Approves Resettlement Plan

The government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has today April 23, approved the Resettlement Action Plan to pave way for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. President Yoweri Museveni, his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu and the two oil companies...
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Hehehe Poleni sana
Geza Ulole said:
Nimemsikiliza James Mataragio
Nimepata insights kadhaa muhimu kuhusu EACOP

✅ Tanzania itakua na 15% sawa na wenye mafuta Uganda

✅ Total watajenga jumla ya kilometers 300 za barabara kama sehemu ya mradi

✅ Total wataimarisha zaidi reli ya kati kwa kujenga depots zaidi ya 8

✅ TRC watabeba mzigo wa Total kwa zaidi ya 80%

✅ Tanesco watafanya Biashara kubwa sana Total na ya kudumu wakati wa ujenzi na baada ya ujenzi

🇹🇿🕯️ Magufuli Legacy Lives 🕯️🇹🇿


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MNAFIKIRIA MUFARANSA ANAONAGA MTU MWEUSI KAMA NI MTU! Mtego bila chambo haunasi!
Poleni sana wanabongo lala tena nasema Poleni! Mkoloni amerudi tena,wakati huu na punje za mahindi(reli,bomba,Bara Bara,depot )ambazo atarushia kuku(tanzanians and ugandans) ili waingie mtegoni na hivyo basi wajikute wamenaswa na hapo mtegaji aweze kufyonza na kuiba raslimali za kuku (Ugandans and tanzanians) ! Mnafikiria Mufaransa ana roho safi akimwaga mabilioni hayo yote ya hela ati anatengenezea mtu mweusi miundo msingi kama reli,mabomba ya mafuta,bohali na kadharika ati ili mtu mweusi anufaike! Poleni tena. Nyinyi na ndivyo mnajifanyaga vichwa ngumu ati hamtaki kuambiwa kitu hamtaki kusaidiwa! Hamtaki mambo ya Kibeberu nataka niwakumbushe kwamba mufaransa ndiye mbeberu mbaya zaidi ya wote duniani, mwenzake ni mubelgiji . Nawatahadharisha kwamba itabidi mumtii na mfanye vile mufaransa atawaamuru mufanye ,mamlaka itakayo kaidi amri ya Wafaransa viongozi wake watakuwa wanauwawa kama vile Gadaffi, Thomas sankara walivyo angamizwa. Angalia yaliyompata Laurent Bagbo wa ivory coast alipojaribu kupinga ubeberu mambo leo wa mufaransa katika nchi yake . Muulizeni jirani wenu Paul Kagame wa rwanda vile Wafaransa walivyochangia mauaji ya halaiki nchini mwake. Just imagine Wanajeshi wa ufaransa waligeuza makaburi ya halaiki ya rwanda kuwa viwanja vya kuchezea kandanda. 😭😭😭🐏🐏
 
KIBAKI GENIOUS said:
Hehehe Poleni sana

MNAFIKIRIA MUFARANSA ANAONAGA MTU MWEUSI KAMA NI MTU! Mtego bila chambo haunasi!
Poleni sana wanabongo lala tena nasema Poleni! Mkoloni amerudi tena,wakati huu na punje za mahindi(reli,bomba,Bara Bara,depot )ambazo atarushia kuku(tanzanians and ugandans) ili waingie mtegoni na hivyo basi wajikute wamenaswa na hapo mtegaji aweze kufyonza na kuiba raslimali za kuku (Ugandans and tanzanians) ! Mnafikiria Mufaransa ana roho safi akimwaga mabilioni hayo yote ya hela ati anatengenezea mtu mweusi miundo msingi kama reli,mabomba ya mafuta,bohali na kadharika ati ili mtu mweusi anufaike! Poleni tena. Nyinyi na ndivyo mnajifanyaga vichwa ngumu ati hamtaki kuambiwa kitu hamtaki kusaidiwa! Hamtaki mambo ya Kibeberu nataka niwakumbushe kwamba mufaransa ndiye mbeberu mbaya zaidi ya wote duniani, mwenzake ni mubelgiji . Nawatahadharisha kwamba itabidi mumtii na mfanye vile mufaransa atawaamuru mufanye ,mamlaka itakayo kaidi amri ya Wafaransa viongozi wake watakuwa wanauwawa kama vile Gadaffi, Thomas sankara walivyo angamizwa. Angalia yaliyompata Laurent Bagbo wa ivory coast alipojaribu kupinga ubeberu mambo leo wa mufaransa katika nchi yake . Muulizeni jirani wenu Paul Kagame wa rwanda vile Wafaransa walivyochangia mauaji ya halaiki nchini mwake. Just imagine Wanajeshi wa ufaransa waligeuza makaburi ya halaiki ya rwanda kuwa viwanja vya kuchezea kandanda. 😭😭😭🐏🐏
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Hili povu toka kwa mkabila wa Kikuyu! Ngoja 2022 utapata wakati muhafaka wa ku-express frustration na chuki! Mambo ya EACOP achia Uganda na Tanzania!
 
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Geza Ulole said:
Hili povu toka kwa mkabila wa Kikuyu! Ngoja 2022 utapata wakati muhafaka wa ku-express frustration na chuki! Mambo ya EACOP achia Uganda na Tanzania!
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