COMESA's energy body is tasked with, among other things, capacity building and information sharing, facilitation of energy supply policy, legislation, and regulations.
President Ruto's declaration communicating intention to raise taxation rate to 22% by the end of his first term has been the subject of intense backlash.
Every year, more than 21,000 people die as a result of the usage of conventional cooking fuels such as wood stoves and charcoal, as the government is encouraging the use of cooking gas.
Uganda imports an average of 2.5 billion litres of petroleum annually valued at about Ksh264 billion, with KPC and local oil firms handling at least 90 per cent of the cargo.