Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) is in the spotlight for burning 15 fishing boats, fishing nets, and other important instruments vital to the livelihoods of local villagers living in the Kingfisher Development Area where China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has long been developing oil and gas operations.Civil Society Coalition for Sustainable Development, a group […]
The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) is seeking for Shs2.5bn to provide security to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), while the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) also asked for Shs31.5bn to develop an oil and gas monitoring system to be used to monitor all taxpayers within this sector.“You know the security of our oil […]
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, at a press conference at Uganda Media Centre, on Friday said the use of yaka meter will come to an end this year in October. Without giving reasons for the change, Nankabirwa said the prepaid meters will be migrated onto the New Token Identification System so that […]
The government of Uganda, with support from the World Bank, acquired funding of $638 million to implement the Energy Access Scale-up Project (EASP), the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, told a press conference at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Friday. Under EASP over 1,360,000 households, industrial Parks, SMEs, refugees, and host communities […]
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, and officials from Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) have announced a 1.6 percent power reduction for the first quarter of 2024. The pronouncement was made on Friday 5th January 2024 at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala. The Chairperson of ERA, Sarah Wasagali said a tariff reduction of 1.6% is […]
Kakira Sugar Limited and Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) have planted two thousand five hundred (2,500) trees in Namakwa – Mukono district as a drive to combat climate change. This is part of the 65,000 trees donated by Kakira Sugar Limited over a 6-year period (2022 – 2027).Robert Kwesiga, Secretary General of Uganda Red Cross […]
Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) earned a net profit of Shs34bn in the Financial Year (FY) 2022/23, Eng. Proscovia Njuki, the company’s Board Chairperson told shareholders at the 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Kampala.The AGM was attended by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, and State Minister of Finance […]
The Minister of Finance, Planning & Economic Development, Matia Kasaija, has conducted a two-day monitoring and supervision exercise of works in the oil fields of Tilenga Project in Buliisa district, Kabalega International Airport in Hoima district, and the East African Crude Oil Project (EACOP) in Kikuube district in Western Uganda. Dr. Jane Mulemwa, the Board Chairperson […]
A proposal by Strand Hanson Limited, a London based company, has been accepted by President Yoweri Museveni. The proposal targets lithium in Ntungamo district, Western Uganda. The mineral will be used to locally manufacture electric car batteries.In a meeting at State House in Entebbe, the President informed the investors that Uganda is currently making electric […]
