According to Section 36 (1) of the National Environment Act 1995 of Uganda, a general penalty for illegal wetland use is imprisonment for a term not exceeding 18 months or a fine of not less than Shs180,000 and not more than Shs18 million.
In March, the European Union (EU) took a major step towards passing a new law to stop businesses from abusing human rights and destroying the environment around the world. While it will not ask the impossible, it will ask companies to take their duty of care seriously and put in place robust processes to avoid … Read more
France’s Total has suspended contracts with at least two companies building infrastructure to support a multi-billion-dollar gas project in Mozambique which has been left abandoned after a jihadist attack, the southern African country’s main business association said Tuesday. Total shut its operations in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province in early April, withdrawing all staff days … Read more
Every 8th March, people and organisations around the world celebrate the InternationalWomen’s Day. Speeches are given, flyers designed, and social and print media is generallyawash with messages. Unfortunately, it is easy to reduce what should be a constant andserious conversation into a singular, annual ritual of window dressed apathy toward genderinclusivity and equality. Beyond the … Read more
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
Ms Doreen Nabikande lives in her house in Ggangu, Busabaala, Wakiso District. She built it 10 years ago with her husband. Together, they had several expectations at the time. Back in 2008, when Ms Nabikande and her husband acquired land here, she had been assured, like many of her neighbours, that the Busabala road would … Read more
The NFA executive director, Mr Tom Okello, revealed that NFA is also battling two other cases in which individuals are claiming huge chunks of land with titles. Apart from Bugoma forest, NFA is embroiled in numerous cases where other forest reserves are under attack. Other forests under attack include Zoka in West Nile, Mabira in Buikwe, … Read more