oil

Government to expand Entebbe airport

  Uganda government is preparing to expand Entebbe International Airport due to increasing tourism revenue collection. Tourism is the second largest source of foreign exchange for Uganda after remittances from Ugandans working abroad. Uganda last expanded Entebbe airport 20 years ago. The Transport and Works Minister, Eng. Abraham Byandala says the plans to expand Entebbe […]

Tullow group to offer 2000 scholarships

  Tullow Oil plc has launched the Tullow Group Scholarships scheme for academic year 2012/2013. The scheme is to be administered and managed in partnership with the British Council according to information fromBritainand atUKembassies. We have been informed that Tullow scholarships will support postgraduate degree, technical training, and vocational studies. The scholarships aim to support […]

What some Ugandans think about America’s interests in LRA war

  Many people across the world have expressed mixed reactions about the content of the video about LRA war and its commander Joseph Kony being played in USA and Europe. Some Ugandans and Africans have welcomed USA’s interests in ending the bloody LRA war. But others complain that when Joseph Kony was maiming people in […]

DP to petition European Union parliament over Tullow oil questionable deals with president Museveni

President Museveni might have used his powers to direct his minister for energy to sign an oil deal with Tullow Oil without the support of the people he rules, but the wrath of Ugandans keeps on growing every day. The members of the Democratic Party, the oldest opposition party in Uganda have vowed to petition […]

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 […]

Opposition members who asked British Parliament to investigate oil saga in Uganda face arrest on president Museveni orders

Opposition members in Uganda who petitioned the British Parliament asking it to investigate the oil agreements recently signed between Uganda and Tullow oil company face arrest. Uganda intelligence officers intercepted this letter yesterday and handed it over to president Museveni who has now directed police to hunt for the people behind it. The authors of […]

‘Scientists say after 20 years oil will lose value’

President Museveni has told the parliament of Uganda that scientists in USA recently told him that after 20 years oil would lose value. The MPs asked the president to show evidence that indeed the scientists told him and which scientists the president could not reveal anything. But he told them that it was those scientists […]