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Last month when Uganda and Tanzania leaders signed an agreement to commit construction of the crude oil export pipeline from Lake Albert in Uganda to Tanga in Tanzania, it opened the way for the upstream investors, Total and CNOOC, to commit funds to develop western Uganda oilfields. Proactively preparing Kenya’s logistics systems (ports, railways, roads) to effectively participate in Uganda’s transit imports of oilfields construction equipment,.
Vanessa Nakate , a Ugandan activist, said: “We cannot drink oil. This is why we cannot accept the construction of the East African Crude oil pipeline. It is going to cause massive displacement of people, destruction of ecosystems and wildlife habitats. We have no future in extraction of oil because it only means destroying the livelihoods of the people and the planet. It is time to choose people above pipelines. It is time to rise up for the people and the planet.” Andre Moliro, DRC activist, said: “Total’s fossil fuel developments pose grave risks to protected environments, water sources and wetlands in the Great Lakes and East Africa regions. Communities have been raising concerns on the impact of oil extraction on Lake Albert fisheries and the disastrous consequences of an oil spill in Lake Victoria, that would affect millions of people that rely on the two lakes for their livelihoods, watersheds for drinking water and food production.”