Buikwe, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | As Uganda nears First Oil, Presidential recognition has been conferred on several leading Ugandans, including Ali Ssekatawa, Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), President Yoweri Museveni today awarded the Diamond Jubilee Medal to Ssekatawa, Director of Legal and …
Read More »PAU rejects Human Rights Watch report on Uganda oil
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Petroleum Authority of Uganda -PAU has hit back at Human Rights Watch (HRW) over alleged human rights abuses in the development of oil and gas. The Authority says the findings of the report released at the beginning of this week were based on …
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What is govt hiding? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Hussein Lumumba Amin, a renowned socio-political analyst, recently ignited debate on one of Uganda’s most sensitive subjects since Uganda discovered commercially viable oil reserves in 2006: What exactly will be Uganda’s share of its oil resource when production finally …
Read More »Court clears ‘presidential handshake’ beneficiaries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division has rejected findings and recommendations of the Parliamentary committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) that people who benefited from the SH 6 billion presidential oil handshake refund the money. The committee, which was led by Bugweri legislator …
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