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Petroleum Fund Drops to Shs131.27 Bn After Transfers to Budget, UNOC

Petroleum Fund Drops to Shs131.27 Bn After Transfers to Budget, UNOC

KAMPALA — Uganda’s Petroleum Fund declined to Shs131.27 billion as of June 30, 2025, down from Shs145.98 billion the previous financial year, following statutory transfers to the national budget and the state oil company.State Minister for Finance (General Duties) Henry Musasizi made t

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Simon Mungudit: Makerere’s Best Performing Male Science Student and Rising Star in Petroleum Geoscience

Simon Mungudit: Makerere’s Best Performing Male Science Student and Rising Star in Petroleum Geoscience

Simon Mungudit has emerged as the best performing male student in the Sciences at Makerere University and is set to graduate during the University’s 76th Graduation Ceremony, scheduled for 24–27 February 2026.At just 24 years old, Mungudit, a student from the College of Natural Science

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Uganda signs $2bn deal to boost oil infrastructure

Uganda signs $2bn deal to boost oil infrastructure

Uganda National Oil Co. signs a $2 billion loan with Vitol Bahrain to fund major infrastructure, including a new fuel pipeline and storage terminals.KAMPALA — Uganda’s state-owned oil company has signed a $2bn (£1.5bn) deal to fund major infrastructure projects designed to turn the co

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Uganda: Just 41 MPs Approve Shs9tn Loan Blitz

Uganda: Just 41 MPs Approve Shs9tn Loan Blitz

In a Tuesday session that has sparked outrage among fiscal watchdogs, a mere fraction of the 11th Parliament authorized the government to proceed with massive loan requests totalling nearly Shs9 trillion.By suspending key safeguards, the House bypassed the standard oversight procedures des

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Uganda Moves to Buy Stake in Kenya Oil Pipeline

Uganda Moves to Buy Stake in Kenya Oil Pipeline

KPC operates more than 1,700 km (1,056 miles) of petroleum pipelines linking the port of Mombasa to Nairobi, western Kenya and onward to Uganda. The system currently handles about 90% of Uganda’s fuel imports, making it critical to the country’s energy securityKenya plans to list the

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Big story: Uganda to Borrow $2bn (Shs7.6 tn) from Oil Trading Giant Vitol for Oil, Roads Projects

Big story: Uganda to Borrow $2bn (Shs7.6 tn) from Oil Trading Giant Vitol for Oil, Roads Projects

“UNOC will be able to generate revenues of up to USD 5.6 billion” (about Shs21.3 trillion) from the projects when implemented," the ministry said, adding that the loan would reduce pressure on the consolidated fund and enable quicker realisation of revenues from the oil and gas sectorS

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Road to Uganda’s first oil: Kingfisher likely to be starting point

Road to Uganda’s first oil: Kingfisher likely to be starting point

For the next nine months, activities in Uganda’s oil fields will be ramped up as the country targets to get its first barrel of oil to the market through a 1,443km pipeline to the Tanzanian coast of Tanga by July 2026, more than 20 years after the first commercial discovery was made in western

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Why Uganda’s oil refinery remains behind schedule

Why Uganda’s oil refinery remains behind schedule

An artistic impression of an oil refinery. Uganda hopes to complete construction of a 60,000 barrels/day refinery by 2030. COURTESY IMAGE/PETROLEUM AUTHORITY OF UGANDA.Delayed construction heightens importance of missing piece in

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Africa CDC Maintains Mpox Emergency Status as Cases Surge Across the Continent

Africa CDC Maintains Mpox Emergency Status as Cases Surge Across the Continent

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced the continuation of mpox as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), following recommendations from its Emergency Consultative Group (ECG).This decision comes amid rising cases, the emergence

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Government projects uniform fuel prices by December

Government projects uniform fuel prices by December

Government has said it expects fuel prices to be uniform or have slight variances in about three months, a key discussion point since government took over as the sole importer and supplier of oil products. Responding to Monitor inquiries regarding the slow reduction in fuel costs among b

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