oil sector

Businesses counting loses due to lull in oil sector

Businesses counting loses due to lull in oil sector

Dennis Kamurasi of the Association of Uganda Oil and Gas Service Providers says businesses are counting loses due to the lull in the sector. Kamurasi says this lull has dragged on since 2010  with little or no activity in the three joint venture oil companies Tullow Uganda, Total E&P and China National Oil Company yet […]

Museveni investigation letter to British parliament on Tullow oil

President Museveni has directed an Investigation into the Author of the letter which was written to the Speaker of House of Commons seeking to stay Tullow Oil dealing with the Government of Uganda on ground that the process is not transparent and therefore Ugandans may not benefit out of Oil Sector. Acting Government Chief Whip […]

Uganda government gives Tullow oil production Licence

The government of Uganda has awarded  to Tullow Oil Company an oil production license for 400 million barrel kingfisher oil well found in western Uganda worth 1.5 billion US dollars.   The long waited move will see a resumption of production activities in the Abertine Graben that had halted due to the expiry of Heritage […]

MP Mafabi promises showdown over attempts to shield corruption in oil sector

Things will not be easy when oil debates resumes in the Uganda’s ninth parliament anytime from now according to Budadiri west MP Nandala Mafabi. eveni’s advisor in charge of the media issues John Nagenda recently termed as an improvement of FDC leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye has today told the executive to get prepared for a […]

MP Mafabi promises showdown over attempts to shield corruption in oil sector

Things will not be easy when oil debates resumes in the Uganda’s ninth parliament anytime from now according to Budadiri west MP Nandala Mafabi. Mafabi who president Museveni’s advisor in charge of the media issues John Nagenda recently termed as an improvement of FDC leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye has today told the executive to get […]

Key issues of contention in Uganda’s oil sector reflected in case against Tullow and Government

Kampala based lawyer Hamada Mulumba has filed a petition in the High Court seeking an injusction against the government granting of oil licenses and approving oil deals and halting the activities of Tullow oil company. Through Bwambale , Musede and Co. Advocates, Mulumba states that 50% of the stake Tullow Bought from Heritage Oil was […]

Those calling me corrupt are idiots” Amama Mbabazi

The Prime Minister John Patrick Amama Mbabazi has blasted whoever is calling him corrupt saying such people are idiots. Mbabazi who had come to present a self defence before the Parliamentary ad hoc committee on the regularization of the oil sector says many people have branded him corrupt whereas he is not. The Prime minister […]

Onek fails to defend himself against oil bribery allegations

Former energy minister Hillary Onek was thrown out of the adhoc committee investigating the oil sector after he failed to provide a presentation on his case of alleged bribery. Onek is accused, together with Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi and foreign affairs minister Sam Kuteesa of taking bribes from oil companies. The committee, chaired by Michael […]

MP Mafabi promises showdown over attempts to shield corruption in oil sector

Things will not be easy when oil debates resumes in the Uganda’s ninth parliament anytime from now according to Budadiri west MP Nandala Mafabi. Mafabi who president Museveni’s advisor in charge of the media issues John Nagenda recently termed as an improvement of FDC leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye has today told the executive to get prepared […]

Oil sector probe committee says Museveni is frustrating their work

The ad hoc committee investigating the alleged bribery in the oil sector has said that President Museveni is frustrating its activities. The remark follows the yesterday’s incident when the Attorney General, Peter Nyombi jumped the committee meeting to meet President Museveni at State House in Entebbe The committee’s chairman Hon. Warikhe while talking to the […]