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Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

to the country's capital of

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and continues to the town of

Eldoret Eldoret is a principal town in the Rift Valley region of Kenya and serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County. The town was referred to by white settlers as Farm 64, 64 and colloquially by locals as 'Sisibo'. As per the 2019 Kenya Population ...

in the

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. There are plans to extend the pipeline to

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's capital,

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

, continuing on to

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's capital,

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Location

The pipeline originates in the

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port of Mombasa and travels to Nairobi, continuing to Eldoret. That part of the pipeline is in existence as of May 2014. It has been proposed that the pipeline be extended to Kigali, Rwanda, through Kampala, Uganda. The route of the pipeline, as proposed, stretches over a distance of approximately .

Background

The pipeline extension will connect Eldoret in Kenya to Kampala in Uganda, passing through Malaba. The pipeline will extend to Kigali in Rwanda and possibly to

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in the future. Each country will be responsible for developing the infrastructure within its borders; however, a joint "transaction advisor" will be selected to maintain quality control.

Construction

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

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. The report indicated that building the pipeline was feasible. The feasibility study for the Kampala to Kigali extension was awarded to the

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in September 2011, funded with $600,000 from the

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. The governments of Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda accepted the findings of both feasibility studies. The construction contract was initially awarded, in 2007, to Tamoil, a company owned by the

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. That contract was voided in 2012 after the company failed to implement the project. , fourteen companies have submitted bids to construct the pipeline extension from Kenya to Rwanda. Construction is expected to begin in 2014, with a 32-month construction timeframe. Commissioning is expected in 2016.

Construction costs

The total construction cost for the Eldoret-Kampala-Kigali portion of the pipeline is estimated at approximately US$5 billion. In November 2014, the

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, an arm of the

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, pledged to lend US$600 million towards the construction of the Eldoret-Kampala section of the project.

Photographs and diagrams

Diagram of Existing Pipeline And Proposed Extension

References

External links

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