fOR THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING THIS UGANDAN ANGLE HERE IS AN UPDATE.
http://www.spcm.org/Journal/spip.php?breve6371
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Although the Uganda minister of Energy, Daudi Migereko asserted that the country has enough reserve fuel and that there is no need for panic, this has proved on the contrary as the real situation on the ground is different with most cars now grounded.
The UCAA spokesperson, Mr. Ignie Igunduura said Friday that local airlines do not have much option left to them but to suspend flights.
Uganda was hit by the shortage three days ago, and it is still unclear when the situation will be corrected. The government has indicated plans of using Mwanza and Dar-es-salaam in Tanzania for bringing in its imports. .
In Kampala, the capital, the number of vehicles along the roads is almost countable as many people have been forced to park their cars. The few filling stations which still have fuel though limited have hiked prices to more than double the original price.
However, the minister for Energy Friday assured Ugandans that army escorts have travelled to Kenya to secure tankers bringing petroleum and other merchandise to Uganda and the fuel crisis might soon be averted.
JM/daj/APA 04-01-2008
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**UPDATE**JAN 7TH 2008
MUSEVENI CONTRDICTS ENERGY MINISTER AND DENIES PRESCENCE OF UGANDAN TROOPS IN KENYA
Raila said Ugandan president Museveni has called him thrice denying there were Ugandan soldiers in Kenya. “Museveni was at pains to explain that his soldiers are not here. He asked me to clarify the issue to the Kenyan people.”
Even as Museveni denied this, the rumour of Ugandan soldiers killing civilians in western Kenya remained strong.
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