President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga have just been to meet President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda at his farm.
There were two big issues on the agenda – the choice of Raila as African Union chief executive and Uganda's access to the KPC pipeline.
To become head of the AU Commission, Raila will need the support of as many African heads of state as possible. Museveni is still influential so he will be very useful to Raila and Ruto (who is obviously sponsoring Raila).
But Museveni will want something in return.
In September, Kenya stopped the Uganda National Oil Company from accessing Kenya Pipeline Company with the trumped-up excuse that UNOC was not licensed to sell fuel in Kenya. Uganda went to court in November to get that decision reversed since it brings in 90 percent of its fuel from Mombasa.
Now all has been resolved amicably. Museveni has endorsed Raila for the AU job. And Uganda has not only got access to the pipeline but it has been agreed that KPC will extend the pipeline to Kampala and Kigali. It's a win-win situation all round.
Quote of the day: "For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom."
Olof Palme
The Swedish Prime Minister was assassinated on February 28, 1986
