Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified thugs have broken into the offices of Community Transformation Foundation Network-COTFONE, a Non-Government Organization that is helping persons affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline-EACOP project get compensation. Yisito Kayinga Muddu, the Programs Coordinator of COTFONE says that the thieves went away …
Read More »Pipeline affected persons petition Total over intimidation, compensation
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Kyotera and Lwengo districts have petitioned Total Energies E&P Uganda, for an intervention to address grievances stemming from the land acquisition process. The 1,443km East African Crude Oil Pipeline will transport Uganda’s …
Read More »Oil Pipeline: Residents return to earmarked land
Lwengo, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | Several residents affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project in Lwengo Town Council, Lwengo rural and Ndagwe sub-county have lost patience and returned to the demarcated areas to cultivate crops. The decision partly stems from the delayed compensation of the affected …
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