On 15th September 2014 Bunyoro Kitara Royal University opened its gates to its first lot of students. The University whose campus lies along Rukurato Road neighbours Karuzika the King’s Palace in Hoima and stands just opposite Hoima Public Library. From the conception of existence, the essence of Bunyoro Kitara Royal University has always been embedded
Refinery site residents abandon farming as they await oil compensation money
In this little-known village of Kyapaloni, we have just arrived in the trading centre and the boys or should we say the young men are playing cards. It‘s few minutes past noon, people should be somewhere in the garden digging but who cares about digging any more, not in this village. Kyapaloni is a village
World Bank to inject $600 in the Uganda- Kenya Oil pipeline
The World Bank has pledged to inject $600 to facilitate the construction of a regional pipeline linking oil fields in Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan. In a statement made on Monday the World Bank said that the funds would be provided by its private- lending arm, the International Finance Corporation. The fund is part of
Women’s rights in the oil sector go beyond land rights- Activist tells government
In an article published in the Newvision the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Mary Karooro Okurut was concerned that there is a total disregard of women in the compensation process for land identified for roads, drillings sites and the oil refinery in the Albertine Graben. However, Betty Akol the Assistant Projects Officer of
Oil to raise Uganda’s economic growth rate to 7%
Investment from oil explorers and expansion in the services sector will be key factors in steering Uganda’s economy to a percentage growth rate of 7% per year in three to five years’ to come. The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Maria Kiwanuka says this is up from a projection of 6% made earlier
Museveni’s attitude on rights of mineral-rich land owners depicts a colonial kind of mentality
By James Muhindo Seven days to the 52nd independence celebrations in Uganda, President Y.K. Museveni while at the Conference on Mineral wealth, in Kampala Uganda, took the country five decades back in the struggle for human rights. As reported in one of Uganda’s Dailies, the president said that government will change the law to allow
Is oil giving Hoima a new lease of life? Tracing the changing face of Uganda’s “Oil City”
On the Journey to Hoima It’s 4:00pm and I am boarding a commuter taxi to Hoima. It’s not the first time I am travelling to Hoima and neither is it the last. The only difference today, I am not just travelling back home to check on my parents. I have to check on our oil
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Total embarks on comprehensive resettlement plan in Albertine Graben
Total in conjunction with Tullow Uganda Operations PTY Ltd have issued an invitation to contractors to carry out a comprehensive Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for the oil and gas development project in Nwoya, Buliisa, Masindi, and Hoima districts in the Lake Albert Basin. Total is the operator of Exploration Area 1 and 1A in Uganda
TOTAL C.E.O CHRISTOPHE DE MARGERIE DIES IN PLANE CRASH
Christophe de Margerie, CEO of French oil giant Total was killed Monday night when the business jet he was flying in crashed upon takeoff at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow. In addition to De Margerie, 63, four others perished in the accident, including three crew members and the driver of a snow removal machine with which the