EPRC’s Principal Research Fellow, Lawrence Bategeka speaks about Uganda’s new oil law Earlier this month, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law the “Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act 2013.” This bill establishes how Uganda will govern its new oil resources and clears the way for what is…
The Uganda Government attaches great importance to the optimal management of oil resources right from exploration, through production and investment of the proceeds, said Maria Kiwanuka, the Minister of Finance. It will, therefore, insist on transparency and accountability as well as balancing of interests to ensure sustainable and…
Dr. Sarah Ssewanyana ED, EPRC at the opening of the Oil Conference, Serena Stakeholders in the oil sector attending a regional oil and gas management conference in Kampala, Uganda, have emphasized transparency in revenue management from oil and gas resources. One of the ways that governments can require…
Oil & Gas conference held 23-24 January 2013, Serena -Kampala hotel The Norwegian ambassador to Uganda has said countries in the East Africa region need to safeguard the oil revenues from financial mismanagement if they are to gain from the nascent industry. Speaking at the closing of the…
Participants at the oil and gas forum in Kampala have called upon governments in the East African region to combine efforts in the management of the newly found oil reserves. Experts from Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania argued that the region needs a collective oil and gas master…
State Minister for Mineral Development Samson Lokeris speaking at the forum About a hundred delegates from the East African region are attending the two-day oil and gas management conference in Kampala, which has emphasized transparency in the nascent sector. The delegates, mostly players from the private sector, oil…
Professor Mwangi Kimenyi, a senior Fellow and director at the Africa Growth Initiative (AGI), Brookings Institution, based in Washington D.C, was in Kampala 23rd to 24th January 2013 to attend the regional forum on Oil and Gas with a theme management for inclusive and sustainable development of the…