The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) immediately launched a massive operation to track down the militants. Ugandan tour guide Eric Alyai - who is survived by his wife and one-year-old child - was also killed in the attack. Ugandan troops have killed at least 11 militants, including the attackers who murdered two tourists and their tour guide at the Queen Elizabeth National Park last month, an army spokesman has said.īritish citizen David Barlow and his South African wife Emmaretia Geyer were shot dead on their honeymoon in the 17 October attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). SUPPLIED Copyright: SUPPLIED The recently married couple were on a honeymoon trip to see the park's gorillas and other primates Image caption: The recently married couple were on a honeymoon trip to see the park's gorillas and other primates She also said that Uganda will shore up its fuel stocks in Tanzania and domestically, including by constructing a storage facility in Mpigi in central Uganda. The energy minister also announced that Uganda has reached a deal with Bahrain energy company Vitol Bahrain EC, under which the Bahrain company will finance the Uganda National Oil Company's move to source and supply oil. She criticised the existing arrangement with Kenya, saying that "it exposed Uganda to occasional supply vulnerabilities where Ugandan oil marketing companies were considered secondary whenever there were supply disruptions", subsequently raising oil prices in Uganda.Ĭurrently, Uganda, a landlocked country, imports more than 90% of its fuel through Kenya's Mombasa port and the remainder through Tanzania's Dar es Salaam port, according to Ms Nankabirwa. If approved by parliament, the bill will end the current arrangement of importing oil through Kenyan distributors.Įnergy minister Ruth Nankabirwa on Tuesday said that the change aims to "improve the security of supply of petroleum products to the country". Uganda's cabinet has approved a bill allowing the state-owned oil company Uganda National Oil Company (Unoc) to source and supply oil to the domestic market. Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images Uganda plans to build a new oil storage facility Image caption: Uganda plans to build a new oil storage facility
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