I hear Tinga oversaw the signing on Kenya's behalf, and just wondering if in his usual hasty manner he read in between the lines - as the pipeline will be owned by S. Sudan. Fact is, crude oil will get depleted in south sudan in the next 10-15 yrs. S. Sudan will become net importer of oil through Kenya. Kenya could then be forced to buy the pipeline back at a huge price!

But did you hear Kiraitu say that the pipeline will belong to GOSS and not in partnership with Gok. GoK will only help to speed up right of passage ala this is such a stupid ownership structure.
How can GOSS own the pipeline that lies on Kenyan land??
This kind of deals are very messed up and especially if it is being rushed, no vetting and especially with the goverment changing hands and greedy idiots like kiraitu being the ones signing such deals!
I hope this consultancy highlights the issues that pipeline will face passing through pseudo-independent counties!

Tuwache ulafi saa zingine. We'll collect rents or rates from it. Also, why should we spend our own money to build infra for another country? We have our own infra devt. thingies to do.

@seppuku, oil is ALWAYS sold at international prices regardless of you proximity to the source! therefore the pipeline does not in any way gurantee Kenyans cheaper oil, what it does though is it makes for better trade ties with the new republic through some transit fees. remember they own the pipe but they still pay some transit fee to gok.

CORRECT plus taxes of course.

11 months if non of the corrupt Kenian contractors form part of the constructors!

What if they created a joint venture / company to own the pipeline - with 50% shareholding from each country. I would be very uncomfatable with my neighbour having 100% ownership of a water pipe passing through my plot

Yes they have options but does that mean we cede some of our sovereignity. We need to know the full details of this agreement. Almost certain Kiraitu was armtwisted in some way

Have you ever wondered why there is no road connecting KEnya to SS??

I want to look at the positive side of it and also remind everyone that Kenya has been commencing the LAPPSET Transport corridor since 2008. Not even the ground has been broken towards this end. All we do is talk, argue, litigate and basically go round and round in circles. In the meantime we are not the only interested party in the SS oil dollars. The GOSS has been seeing all this. Uganda has struck a deal with Tz to have its oil pass through Tanga instead of Mombasa or the illusory Lamu. Why? We remain with plans that never take off.DRC is following in the steps of Uganda.

Soon we'll be playing catch up. So I'd rather the deal which might awaken our attention to move with speed and urgency.

Why should Kenya waste money building pipeline for SS? What do we do with it[pipeline] once the oil dries up there or we have issues with SS? They should spend their money building it and pay rates. About sovereignty, what sovereignty are we losing here? Gazprom has been building gas pipelines throughout Europe. NKT!