The much-awaited judgment by the UK Supreme Court (SC) in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another (Okpabi) was handed down in an online hearing on Friday 12 February 2021 some five years after the original complaint against Shell was filed in UK courts in 2016. The case relates to claims by … Read more
The compensation of the people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project in the nine districts is to delay, until further notice. This is according to Seth Muhumuza, the head of stakeholder management at Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU). Compensation of communities in Hoima, Kakumiro, Kyankwanzi, Mubende, Gomba, Sembabule, Lwengo, Kyotera, Rakai … Read more
Uganda’s multi-million dollar Tilenga Oil Project which is being implemented in Buliisa and Nwoya districts faces numerous hurdles ranging from legal suits, contestation from locals to environmental concerns. Under the project, government plans to build a central processing facility (CPF) with capacity to process 190,000 barrels of oil and 700,000 barrels of total liquid per … Read more
Journalists in the Albertine region have been challenged to turn their eyes to the beat of corporate accountability reporting to save the community from negligent practices by national and international conglomerates implementing oil related developments in the graben. Mr John Mwebe, the Coordinator for the International Accountability Project made the call at a meeting with … Read more
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), meeting at its 27th Extraordinary Session, held in Banjul, The Gambia, from 19 February to 04 March 2020; Recalling its mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter); Considering Article 45(1)(a) of … Read more
A French court is due to decide whether oil giant Total is addressing the human and environmental impact of an oilfield in Uganda. The case was brought by several human rights groups who accuse the firm of failing to properly compensate farmers removed from their land. Originally posted on AlJazeera
Bunyoro Kitara kingdom has opposed a government plan to establish a geothermal electricity project at Kibiro hot springs in the western district of Hoima. The hot springs, located 35-kilometres north of Hoima town in Kigorobya sub county, flow into Lake Albert. The water at the springs is always boiling at 100 degrees and is often … Read more
Godfrey Kiwanda Ssuubi, the minister of state for Tourism has said they are ready for a fight to save Murchison Falls so that a dam is not built on it. Speaking at a corporate Stakeholders meeting organized by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in Kampala, Kiwanda urged tourism stakeholders to ‘put on their boots’ because … Read more
Cabinet has finally given government the go-ahead to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) , a move it said would improve accountability in the management of natural resources. Though not clear on when Uganda government will finally put in its request to join the initiative, the decision caps years of lobby by non-governmental organisations … Read more
Guwahati, India – Monday January 28, 2019: Today, the World Bank’s independent watchdog, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), released a monitoring report finding that the World Bank has failed to deliver on commitments to address serious health and safety concerns facing the 155,000 people that live and work on tea plantations it owns in India’s … Read more