China has issued a new directive that will help to a new directive to curb on the growing cases of theft of oil and gas and sabotage of facilities, according to the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) press release. The document, jointly issued by the SPC, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security
Diana France and Michael Burgess of Holman Fenwick Willan and Isaac Kabuye of the Ugandan Directorate of Petroleum assess recent reforms to the legal framework for oil and gas exploration and production within Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, aimed at encouraging foreign direct investment, and modernising sectoral regulation. At the time of the oil price drop
Members of parliament on the Committee on Natural Resources have asked government to prioritize the compensation and resettlement exercise of Project Affect Persons (PAPs) in the refinery and pipeline development project before kickoff. In a report on the Ministerial Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for financial 2015/16, the committee notes that government has already established
This Speech by Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, Governor, Bank of Uganda was delivered at the Dialogue on the Impact of Oil Price Volatility and its Implications for the Economy and for Macroeconomic Stability at Protea Hotel Kampala on February 25, 2O15 We bring you the full speech here below [toggle title=”Introduction” state=”open” ]Good afternoon ladies
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he tax dispute between Total E&P Uganda is just another in a series of Tax Disputes that the Uganda Revenue Authority has had to deal with in the past 5 years. The good news is that so far Uganda’s Tax body has always come out victorious and most remarkably in the Heritage case in which
The constitution under A.26 guarantees the right to property and provides that no person shall be deprived of their property without prompt and adequate compensation yet some business enterprises have either ignored this fact or blatantly sought to abuse the rights of citizens. In a workshop organized by the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment,
The recent activities of Jobless Brotherhood, the National Association of the Unemployed, NRM Poor Youth and the Uganda Youth Liberation Front have caused concerns that Uganda’s youth could become a disestablishing factor if widespread unemployment is not solved especially as the country starts to exploit oil and gas resources. Some experts have warned that this you
Brian Sallery is an expert in the Oil and Gas Sector. He is an adviser to the Uganda National Bureau of Standards on Health and Safety Policies in Uganda’s Oil and Gas sector. He has worked with Statoil, written a column on Uganda’s Oil and Gas sector in the East African Business Week and is
When you ask government officials for information on any issue of public concern, the officials usually shrug and sneer as though to give you what is supposed to be public information is to do you a great favour. The constitution and Access to Information Act, 2005 provide for a person’s right to access information that
If the total worth of Uganda’s oil was to be divided into 100 shares, Bunyoro would be entitled to only less than a share of that worth. Not that it deserves anything more or less. It’s what the (soon to be enacted) law stipulates and going by Austin’s theory, the law is the law. It