Ensure transparency in oil agreements
Thursday May 13 2021
On May 5, Energy and Mineral Development minister, Dr Mary Gorreti Kitutu, presented to Parliament the oil pipeline agreements the Ugandan government signed with their Tanzania counterparts and various companies involved in the implementation of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.
These agreements included the host government agreement, the tariffs and transportation agreement and shareholders agreement. However, she stated that the agreements are commercial agreements with confidentiality clauses and called upon the Members of Parliament to handle the agreements in a manner that preserves the confidentiality so that the government does not breach the obligation in the agreement