Farmers, civil rights groups oppose Uganda’s oil project
1 May 2021
Farmers and the rights groups have called for an in-depth evaluation of the effects on people’s lives and the environment. Photo by Camille Delbos/Art In All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)
Farmers and civil society groups in Uganda are opposing the agreement between oil giant Total, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation and the governments of Tanzania and Uganda greenlighting oil production in the Lake Albert region of western Uganda.
They contend that the project threatens the wetlands and forests that support lives and livelihoods in Albertine, central and southern Uganda, as well as the wellbeing of Lake Albert itself, a transboundary lake shared with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They want the environmental and climate impacts of the projects evaluated before the project proceeds.
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Oil sector tenders to be opened in December
Wednesday April 28 2021
One of the King fisher oil wells at shores of Lake Albert in Buhuka-Kyangwali sub county, Kikuube District in September 2017. PHOTO/ALEX TUMUHIMBISE
Summary
The companies that will win key tenders will start construction works at Kingfisher and Telenga wells and later other wells will also be developed in the second phase.
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Government, through Petroleum Authority of Uganda, will launch key tenders for the first development phase of the construction of oil-related facilities in December 2021.
The first phase will include building of a refinery, oil pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania and completion of the oil road network in the Albertan region.
Oil pipeline compensation claims outnumber affected persons
April 26, 2021 Oil pipeline: There are more claims than affected persons
The number of persons with interests on land located in the route of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is nearly 1,000 more than the number of Project Affected Persons (PAPs), according to information available.
According to the approved resettlement action plan, a total of 3,792 people will be compensated by the project. Of these, 3,096 people have land interests while 696 hold licensees with structures, crops, or trees growing on land owned by other persons. However, the report indicates that 3,096 PAPs with land interests hold a total of 4,038 different landowner interests in the affected areas.