Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom His Highness Dr. Solomon Gafabusa Iguru Agutamba Rukirabasaija is not happy with the EU Parliament over a resolution to stay the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) for a year. The EU Parliament wants the entire EACOP project delayed …
Read More »The tragedy of Bobi Wine
How the ideological poverty of Uganda’s leading opposition figure makes him subversive to our national interest THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Uganda’s leading opposition figure, Robert Kyagulanyi, hereinafter referred to by his stage name, Bobi Wine, is a disaster of unmitigated proportions. He claims to be …
Read More »Uganda takes EACOP oil and gas fight to UN Assembly
New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ugandan government has taken the fight about the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline-EACOP to the United Nations following last week’s resolution by the European Union-EU parliament. Vice President Jessica Alupo who represented President Museveni at the UN General Assembly …
Read More »Uganda Re to provide cover for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
Global reinsurance firms have publicly declared that they would not provide insurance cover for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. But Uganda Re has assured the country that it is ready to provide the much-needed services for the project. The company’s CEO Ronald Musoke shares the growth in business and …
Read More »Kyagulanyi welcomes EU resolution on EACOP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has applauded the European Union (EU) parliament’s resolution seeking to delay the development of the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Kyagulanyi who has just returned from a trip to Europe was on Wednesday addressing …
Read More »Europe bias against EACOP
Don’t dismiss it. Disprove it Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | Days after the European Union passed a resolution condemning ongoing investment in fossil fuels in Uganda, the basis for the censure remains unclear. The Lake Albert Development Project consists of several partners, with the French multinational oil company TotalEnergies (Total) …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: European bias against EACOP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY European bias against EACOP: Don’t dismiss it. Disprove it THE LAST WORD Inside Museveni’s private favours: How the president’s approach of allocating favours to individual firms has undermined the development of a robust …
Read More »Uganda and Tanzania renew commitment to secure EACOP
The two countries are harmonizing relevant laws and approval processes to hasten pipeline construction Kamapala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Senior officials from Uganda’s petroleum authority (PAU) and Tanzania’s energy and water utilities regulatory authority (EWURA)—the agencies that have regulatory powers over the oil industry in the two countries—have renewed …
Read More »Tanzanian officials tour EACOP route to fast track construction license
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzanian Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) officials have inspected the contentious East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) routes in Uganda and promised to fast-track the process for approving its construction license. The EACOP company at the beginning of last month wrote to the two …
Read More »EACOP is locally insured: IRA boss
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Crude Oil Pipeline secured lead insurers within the country with the approval of the Insurance Regulatory Authority-IRA. The IRA Chief Executive Officer, Alhaj Kaddunabbi Ibrahim Lubega told journalists in Kampala that the insurance question around the project was already resolved. While there have …
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