Kenya-Uganda Petroleum Products Pipeline (Uganda Section)

<p>Construction of petroleum pipeline between
Malaba, Kenya to eastern side of Kampala, Uganda. It is envisaged that the 210
km,  8 inch diameter pipeline will move
Malaba to Jinja (130 km) and then Jinja to Kampala (80 km). It will have a pumping
rate of 168 m3 per hour and an annual capacity of 1.2 million cubic meter. The
pipeline will carry refined petroleum products from the Kenyan port city of
Mombasa to Nairobi, then continue to Eldoret. It was then to be extended to the
Kampala, Uganda from Eldoret.
The total construction cost for the
Eldoret-Kampala-Kigali portion of the pipeline is estimated at approximately
US$5 billion. In November 2014, the International Finance Corporation, an arm
of the World Bank, pledged to lend US$600 million towards the construction of
the Eldoret-Kampala section of the project. The Kampala terminal will have a
capacity of 72,000 m3 and comprise of 7 products and 4 interface tanks. It is
estimated that the Malaba-Kampala line will cost USD 96.9 million. The Uganda
Government is considering relocating the storage facility from the eastern side
to the west side of Kampala city.
The Ugandan Government has acquired land in
Namwambula village for setting up the multi-user storage terminal  It will among other things: </p><ul wfd-id="1119"><li wfd-id="1122">Serve
as a distribution center for petroleum products from the refinery to market
centers in Kampala, Western Kenya, Northern Tanzania and Rwanda
</li><li wfd-id="1121">A
storage and distribution centre for imported petroleum products
</li><li wfd-id="1120">A
delivery point for the planned Hoima - Kampala products pipeline and the
planned Eldoret (Kenya) - Kampala (Uganda) products pipeline. It will as well
serve as the starting point for the planned Kampala (Uganda)-Kigali (Rwanda)
products pipeline</li></ul><p>Current truck transportation rates vary from $40
- $ 42 per m3. Total duration to procure, construct and commission 2 to 2.5
years. The feasibility study for the Eldoret to Kampala pipeline extension was
awarded to an international firm in 1997. The study was completed in 1998, and
the report was submitted the following year. The study was funded by the
European Investment Bank.  Construction
is expected to begin in 2014, with a 32-month construction time frame.
Commissioning is expected in 2016.<br></p>