Abacuruzi ba peteroli bo muri Kenya bari mu bihe bikomeye nyuma yuko Uganda ifatiye ku mbunda zayo maze igatangira ibiganiro na Tanzaniya yo gutumiza peteroli yayo ku cyambu cya Tanga aho kuba icyambu cya Mombasa nyuma yo guterana amagambo na Nairobi.
Uganda yari yabanje gutangaza ko iri mu biganiro na Tanzaniya yo gukoresha icyambu cya Dar es Salaam kugira ngo itumize peteroli yayo nyuma yuko Kenya yanze kuyiha uburenganzira bwo gukoresha umuyoboro wayo.
Ariko intera y’umuhanda uhuza Dar es Salaam na Kampala ni kilometero 1.715.6, ni uburebure bwa 49.5 ku ijana ko intera ya kilometero 1,147.6 hagati ya Mombasa na Kampala.
Intera ngufi bivuze ko Uganda izigama $ 35 kuri metero kibe yo gukoresha Mombasa aho gukoresha Dar. Ikinyamakuru Business Daily cyumva abayobozi ba Leta ya Kenya kimwe n’abayobozi ba peteroli muri Kenya na Uganda mbere bemezaga ko Uganda irimo kuvuga nabi guhindura inzira yatumijwe muri Tanzaniya. Ni ukubera ko, usibye kuba bihendutse, icyambu cya Mombasa kirihuta kandi ni cyiza kuruta icyambu cya Dar es Salaam.
Ariko ibi byarahindutse nyuma yuko byagaragaye mu cyumweru gishize ko Uganda na Tanzaniya bifungiye mu biganiro bizabona peteroli yahoze itumizwa mu mahanga binyuze ku cyambu cya Tanga, hafi ya Kampala. Tanga ni icyambu cya kera cyane muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba kandi ni icya kabiri kinini muri Tanzaniya. Nubwo ari nto cyane kuruta ibyambu bya Dar na Mombasa, Tanzaniya yongereye ubushobozi bwo gutwara imizigo myinshi mu myaka yashize.
Yakomeje agira ati: “Umwuka mu nganda ni uko ikiganiro cya Tanzaniya cyavuzwe na Uganda cyari kigamije kwihatira gusunika Kenya ngo yemere. Ariko ibi byahindutse rwose kubera ko Uganda ubu ikomeye kandi iri hafi kugirana amasezerano na Tanzaniya yo gukoresha icyambu cya Tanga. ”
Ati: “Tanga ntabwo iri kure (kuva Kampala) nka Dar bityo rero itandukaniro ry’ibiciro na Mombasa ntirizaba rinini. Twumva kandi ko Uganda ishobora guhabwa ubutabazi na Tanzaniya kugira ngo icyuho kibe. ” Kugeza ubu Uganda igura 90 ku ijana bya lisansi ikoresheje Kenya na 10 ku ijana binyuze muri Tanzaniya.
Ishyirahamwe ry’ibicuruzwa bikomoka kuri peteroli muri Kenya (Poak), riharanira gucuruza peteroli yigenga, rivuga ko byagira ingaruka zikomeye kuri OMC zaho mu gihe Uganda ishyize mu bikorwa gahunda.
Umuyobozi wa Poak, Martin Chomba, yagize ati: “Niba koko Uganda yimukiye mu nzira ya Tanzaniya amasosiyete menshi ya peteroli yo mu karere azababara rwose kuko azatakaza isoko ryabo rinini.”
Hafi ya kimwe cya gatatu cya lisansi yatumijwe muri Kenya igenewe isoko ryo gutambuka, bivuze ko impuzandengo ya litiro miliyoni 200 buri kwezi. Bwana Chomba yavuze ko benshi mu bacuruzi bato cyane bashingira kuri iri soko ryo gutambuka kandi bishoboka ko bazahatirwa gufunga iduka.
Yakomeje avuga ko Kenya izatakaza isoko y’ingenzi y’ivunjisha. Abacuruza peteroli bishyurwa ibicuruzwa byabo byoherezwa mu madorari ya Amerika. Uganda umwaka ushize yavuze ko itumiza peteroli ifite agaciro ka miliyari 2 z’amadolari binyuze muri Kenya buri mwaka.
Bwana Chomba yagize ati: “Isoko ryo gutambutsa ni isoko y’ingenzi mu gihugu kandi ibyo byagira ingaruka ku iyinjira ry’amadolari.”
Isosiyete ya Leta ya Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) nayo yagaragara nkuwatsinzwe bikomeye. Ni ukubera ko hatabayeho hafi kimwe cya gatatu cyisoko ryambukiranya, byatakaza amamiriyoni yama shilingi kubiciro bya depot, bikaba isoko nyamukuru yinjiza KPC. Kugeza ubu, ibigo bya peteroli bimura lisansi muri depo ya peteroli ya KPC yishyura Ksh2,582.72 ($ 17.75) kuri metero kibe.
Ibi bizakomeza kuzamuka kuri Ksh2,791.85 ($ 19.19) kuri metero kibe muri Nyakanga.
Inkomoko y’ibi bintu biheruka kuba hagati ya Kenya na Uganda ije nyuma y’icyemezo cyafashwe na Kampala umwaka ushize cyo gushyiraho uruganda rukora peteroli rwa Leta ya Uganda (Unoc) nk’uwatumije mu mahanga amavuta yose yo kugemura ku bacuruzi ba peteroli.
Unoc yaje gusaba ikigo gishinzwe kugenzura ingufu za peteroli na peteroli muri Kenya (Epra) muri Nzeri 2023 kwiyandikisha nka OMC muri Kenya, kikaba cyemerera gutumiza no kohereza ibicuruzwa hanze mu mahanga nka OMC no gukoresha umuyoboro wa sosiyete ya Kenya Pipeline (KPC).
Epra ariko yanze icyifuzo cya UNOC kubera ko UNOC idashobora kwerekana neza ko igurishwa rya buri mwaka rya litiro miliyoni 6,6 za peteroli nini, Automotive Gasoil (mazutu), na / cyangwa Jet A1 / kerosene muri Kenya.
Kuva icyo gihe Uganda yareze Kenya mu rukiko rw’ubutabera rwa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EACJ
