30 April 2016, Dar es Salaam- Officials from Uganda and Tanzania yesterday convened for the first time to discuss work plan for the development of the proposed 8.7 trillion/-crude oil export pipeline.

Irene Muloni, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda.
The Ugandan Minister for Energy and Minerals Development, Eng Irene Muloni, told reporters in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the meeting held at Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, cleared a path for the commencement of the crucial project that would benefit both countries.