Access to affordable and clean energy has remained a pipe dream from many people in the sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to high electricity cost and exorbitant initial connection fees. A new paper by Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye, the research director at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Anita Ntale, a…
The authenticity of the refugee population data in Uganda remained controversial until 2018 when a biometric registration exercise was conducted. Results from verification exercise indicated that nearly 25 percent of the 1.4 million refugee population at the beginning of the exercise could not be traced. As at the end of…
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2018 international Women’s day under the theme “press for progress”, there is a strong call-to-action to press forward to gender inclusiveness in access to factors of agricultural production. Agriculture can be an important engine of growth and…
Researchers from PEP and EPRC pose for a photo with members from academia and civil society after the agricultural workshop held at Sheraton Hotel Kampala The Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), an international research organization seeking to enhance capacity for development policy analysis in developing countries has called…
Participants at Breakfast meeting on climate resilient agriculture held at Protea Hotel, Kampala The Director Environment and Wetlands, Ministry of Water and Environment, Mr. Paul Mafabi has asked the private sector to collaborate and utilise the Climate Change Resource Centre to get the required information to address the…
The French could scuttle Chinese plans for Uganda oil Tullow Oil Uganda, Total E&P Uganda, and the China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) are the three partners in Uganda’s upstream sector. But a rift appears to be starting to emerge in their relationship over the routes the oil…
Oil exploration and production in Uganda require extreme caution to prevent environmental damages according to Dr Peter Blomeyer the German ambassador to Uganda. The ambassador noted that Uganda's oil and gas resources have been discovered in environmentally sensitive areas such as forests, national parks, lakes and rivers. Uganda's…
Just so the animals in national parks can have uninterrupted sessions of mating, the National Environment Management Authority has asked oil companies to drill during the day and keep their lights off. This rule is part of a wide range of directives that Nema has issued to companies to limit…
Government agencies involved in containing effects of climate change in the oil and gas industry have been asked to walk the talk and implement key policies and plans. During a breakfast discussion at Serena hotel Kampala on Monday the ministry of water and environment permanent secretary David Oblong…
The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) and the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) hosted the 4th East Africa Energy work shop, from the 14th to the 15th of September 2015, at Serena Hotel, Lweza. The workshop was attended by high level officials from the Ministry of Energy, Uganda; the…