Energy & Mining
-
Gov’t begins journey of redeveloping Kilembe mines
KASESE – The Government of Uganda through the ministries of Finance and Energy is to start the redevelopment of Kilembe Copper Mines located in the western district of Kasese that borders the…
Read More » -
Oil and FID: Ker Kwaro Acholi calls for deliberate support to the Acholi Business Community
GULU – The Acholi Cultural Institution-Ker Kwaro Acholi wants the Government of Uganda and the stakeholders in the petroleum oil and gas sector to make a deliberate effort to empower the local business…
Read More » -
Bunyoro Kingdom supporting individuals and companies to get oil opportunities
HOIMA – Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom (BKK) in partnership with Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) and Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has registered 136 companies on the National Suppliers Database (NSD) and National Oil…
Read More » -
Energy Association opposes increased funding for ERA
KAMPALA – The Energy Generators and Distributors Association of Uganda has rejected a proposal to increase funding to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) from 0.3% to 0.7% of the electricity sold. The…
Read More » -
UMEME sees slight jump in gross profit as it seeks extension of concession beyond 2025
KAMPALA – Uganda’s electricity distributor, UMEME earned some profit in 2021 even as the country was placed under covid-19 lockdown as a way to curtail the fast spread of the deadly virus…
Read More » -
$23 million oil project launched in the Albertine graben
KIKUUBE – China National Oil Offshore Company (CNOOC) Uganda limited has commissioned the procurement and construction of Component One (PC1) for the Kingfisher Development Project in Buhuka parish Kyangwali sub-county in Kikuube…
Read More » -
Microfinance Support Center (MSC) unveils plan to invest in oil industry sector
HOIMA – Dr. Emmanuel Aliba Kiiza, the Board Chairman of Microfinance Support Centre (MSC) has revealed that they intend to invest in the oil and gas sector. While addressing Community Development Officers…
Read More » -
Water shortage hits Nebbi town, project design blamed
Nebbi. The National Water and Sewerage Corporation [NWSC] Nebbi area has linked the current water crisis in Nebbi town to the project design which was meant to serve Nebbi’s small urban population. The…
Read More » -
President Museveni commissions 346 km roads in Bunyoro
HOIMA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni commissioned various roads measuring to 346 kms in the Albertine Graben worth billions of shillings. The President commissioned the roads that include the 111km oil road…
Read More » -
Lack of national IDs frustrating EACOP compensation process
Hoima – The East African Crude Oil Pipeline [EACOP] project affected persons [PAPs] in the Bunyoro region who missed out on the national identification cards [IDs] are finding it hard to process…
Read More »