The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development says the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) will not be affected by the World Bank aid cut to Uganda. Speaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Centre on Thursday, the minister of state for Energy and Mineral Development, Peter Lokeris said […]
By Mike Sebalu The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Dr. Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu has handed over the first batch of replacement houses to persons affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Nkoma village Lwengo district. EACOP Ltd, the company licensed to construct the 1443km crude […]
By Abubaker Lubowa | Monitor Police on Tuesday blocked Ugandan political activist Dr Kizza Besigye from participating in a public debate on the divisive East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Kampala. Early Tuesday morning, Dr Besigye arrived at Emerald Hotel along Bombo Road where the debate was set to happen only […]
By Mike Sebalu A group of human rights defenders has stormed TotalEnergies head office in Kampala’s Industrial Area (8th Street) to deliver a petition against the planned implementation of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The controversial oil pipeline is intended to transport Crude Oil from Uganda’s oil […]
Nine University students who were arrested for allegedly carrying out a non-planned demonstration in support of a resolution by the European Union to delay the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) have been released on bail. The nine students who face charges of being a common nuisance […]
