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EACOP project sparks ongoing battle over land and justice

EACOP project sparks ongoing battle over land and justice

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In Arusha, Tanzania, Lubega John Nsamba represented her ailing father, John Mary Nsamba, whose land along the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) had been acquired without what the family considered fair compensation.Over a month after his burial nea

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Digital pioneer Julius Kitone leaves legacy of AI-driven climate advocacy

Digital pioneer Julius Kitone leaves legacy of AI-driven climate advocacy

Julius Kitone, Innovator and Developer of JuliKitAi/ECOEYE AI Climate Intelligence Platform died in car crashKAMPALA — The Ugandan media fraternity is in mourning following the death of Julius Kitone, a veteran journalist and climate change advocate, who died Friday in a road accident al

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Museveni commissions East Africa’s largest ethanol plant

Museveni commissions East Africa’s largest ethanol plant

President Yoweri Museveni has inaugurated PRO Industries, the largest ethanol plant in East Africa, highlighting the $100-million investment as a significant advancement for Uganda’s agro-industrialization, clean energy production, and job creation.Located in Luwero District in central U

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Inside Uganda’s billion-dollar struggle to quit charcoal

Inside Uganda’s billion-dollar struggle to quit charcoal

Uganda faces a multibillion-dollar deadlock as charcoal remains the primary fuel for 82 percent of Kampala households.KAMPALA, Uganda — Behind the heavy scent of woodsmoke that hangs over Kampala every evening lies a multibillion-dollar economic deadlock. Despite a flurry of executive or

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Uganda’s recoverable oil reserves rise to 1.65 billion barrels.

Uganda’s recoverable oil reserves rise to 1.65 billion barrels.

Uganda’s petroleum sector has reported an increase in the country’s estimated oil and gas reserves, according to Ernest Rubondo, Executive Director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), a government agency that regulates the sector.According to Rubondo, the latest assessments ind

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TotalEnergies Sued in Uganda Over Failure to Pay Contractor Who Cleaned Up ‘Heavily Contaminated’ Fuel Depot in Kampala

TotalEnergies Sued in Uganda Over Failure to Pay Contractor Who Cleaned Up ‘Heavily Contaminated’ Fuel Depot in Kampala

Because Kampala’s aquifer system lies directly beneath the industrial area, the suit suggests the contaminants may have seeped further, potentially threatening the water table that serves millions of Kampala’s residentsFrench firm, TotalEnergies Marketing Uganda Ltd., is being sued in

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Trump to host his first summit with Central Asian leaders

Trump to host his first summit with Central Asian leaders

US President Donald Trump will host all five Central Asian leaders in Washington on Thursday for the first time, a few months after they held separate summits with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping.The West has upped its interest with the resource-rich region, where Moscow

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DENIS TUKAHIKAHO PhD: Uganda’s $31M carbon deal is just the beginning—now let’s plant more trees.

DENIS TUKAHIKAHO PhD: Uganda’s $31M carbon deal is just the beginning—now let’s plant more trees.

Denis Tukahikaho Ph.D. is an expert on Cooperatives, Financial Inclusion and Renewable Energy InvestmentKAMPALA – The Green Climate Fund (GFF) has approved a USD 31 million (UGX 107.7 bn) as a result-based payment for Uganda in recognition of measurable success in reducing deforestation

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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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