Poverty bites as locals in oil fields wait for pay-out
Monday April 19 2021
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As government continues to prospect and explore oil wells in parts of western, central and northern regions, scores of homesteads that have been displaced by the quest to have oil exports ready by 2025 have lost farmlands.
In Kakumiro District in western Uganda, more than 200 people affected by the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) have cited delayed compensation of their properties in the wake of signing of the tripartite pipeline between oil companies and Uganda and Tanzania governments.
Daily Monitor has established that the affected persons are mainly from Mpasana, Kisiita, Katikara, and Ntoroko sub-counties in Kakumiro.
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February 23, 2021 Written by Jeff Mbanga
A number of tenders and jobs are being offered in Uganda’s oil industry as the country moves closer to sealing a final investment decision for a key infrastructure project – the crude oil pipeline to Tanzania – with some speculators saying the decision could come as early as this week.
French oil major Total E&P, the lead developer in Uganda’s oil industry, has been issuing bids for construction services for its Tilenga development project, and also ensuring the project affected persons are well-compensated. The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) – the institution in charge of government’s commercial interests in the oil industry – has also been recruiting staff to build its capacity as it prepares to