Ali Ssekatawa, the Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, has highlighted the significance of the first delivery of nine trucks loaded with pipes for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Ssekatawa notes that the arrival of these pipes marks a key milestone in the construction of the EACOP. So far, the project has received 800 kilometres of line pipes, which are currently undergoing coating and insulation at the Nzega Coating Yard in Tanzania. Thami Ngubeni spoke to Dr Micah Abigaba, an energy economist and lecturer at the Business School of Makerere University in Uganda.