Hoima

Yeah.

Hoima.

Fruit.

Such growth, it's possible.

So anyways, so I was in Kabale, bro.

You know, for me, going to Kabale or going to Hoima or going anywhere upcountry, the feeling that it gives you, it almost like gives you permission to just do nothing, bro.

Because there's nothing happening around you.

It's quiet.

So anyone who wants to watch should be able to, you know, go and watch a catch of this Devon action.

of course yeah plenty of action happening down in division one especially um in the finals um i with us uh we have an opportunity in uganda where we are hosting the road to ball i think the first pre the first uh that step towards uh the the ball that in east africa and it's being hosted in hoima up home after hosting the final game of the national basketball league where Namu Ongo managed to win their second National Basketball League trophy.

Will they be up to show what it means to win in Hoima? Because in this kind of competition, they are in the, I think they're in group, They're in Group A.

What do we expect in Division East, the Group D of it, where Namuongo will have a couple of teams including Patriots from Sudan, Urani from Burundi and the other teams.

This is the story of the one.

But they showed an interest in hosting and they got the bid to host, which is actually big for Uganda.

Very big.

This is the first major competition happening at the indoor arena in Hoima.

East African Crude Oil Pipeline.

So this is a pipeline that runs from a region in Lake Albert in Uganda called Hoima all the way to Tanga in Tanzania, around 1,400 kilometer stretch of pipeline.

Think of it as a hot water bo- [laughs] a hot water bottle, 'cause Uganda's crude is very waxy and thick, so it needs, like, a really warm pipeline to keep it fluid.

Keep it, keep it flowing.

We, we steer, we steer clear.

Uh, we, we try to steer clear.

Either way, the point is, at peak, Hoima is a much larger production of crude than what would get in Turkana.

At peak it would do actually around 230,000 barrels per day.

Anyhow, Uranani have earned their place at the Road to BAL 2027.

The competition begins for them on the 21st of December in Hoima, Uganda.

I'll be honest, this was the first time I'd ever heard that name.

Like, I had to read it a few times.

having a 30% stake in that particular oil.

And then you have Uganda signing a deal in building an oil pipeline from Hoima, where the oil is being extracted, to the port of Langa.

So the refinery construction First, it was discussed between the Tanzanian authority and Aliko Dangote, the Nigerian mogul, and eventually he moved to Kenya, and now Kenya has launched or inaugurated the initial phase of the construction of the refinery land, but conspicuously, when President Yorimu Seven of Uganda was invited to that particular ceremony, He said that it's okay, Kenya can have the refinery, and all the discussion about how the refinery was about to happen, but still Uganda is going to have its oil, small refinery, and Tanzania can have its small refinery, but the crude oil is going to be exported through the ports of Tanga, then again go back to Lamu in Kenya for... um for for refining so what does this mean for the region one it could be a meaning of a of uh expansion of jobs in terms of refining refining products uh the final products of the refineries for for example fertilizers because it just has recent kenya signed a deal between nigeria and Aliko Dangote and otherwise, a refinery in Nigeria to buy fertilizers.

So, it's those competing interests, but at the political level, you have to look at the East African community.