First oil expected in 2025 Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Finally, the international oil companies, TotalEnergies SE and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced they are ready to produce oil in Uganda in a US$10 billion project. Reaching this point had taken a whopping 15 years of …
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International campaign launched over locking pregnant women out of clinical trials Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | You would think that with all the potential complications that affect women during and after pregnancy, thousands of drugs have been developed specifically for them, says Dr. Metin Gülmezoglu, the executive director of …
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Jan.25 was a day of song, prayer and merrymaking when Bishop Paul Ssemogerere took the reins of Kampala Archdiocese—one of the four provinces of the Roman Catholic Church in Uganda. Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Ssemogerere’s televised installation was witnessed by hundreds of Christians and attended by senior officials including …
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The oil refinery, one of the four flagship projects needed to commercialize Uganda’s 1.4bn barrels of oil appears to be lagging behind but government technocrats say the project will not deter the country’s march towards first oil scheduled for 2025. Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The refinery set to …
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OBITUARY | Ronald Musoke | Christopher Columbus Sembuya, the remaining founder of Sembule Group of Companies, one of Uganda’s indigenous companies renowned in its prime years for making radio and television sets, “landline” telephones and even street lights passed away quietly in Kampala Hospital on Jan.11. But, in perhaps a …
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Why environmentalists fear fumes but want the oil Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s contribution of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere—one of the gases that are infamous for the global climate change crisis—is at the moment insignificant. Uganda accounts for only 0.01% of the total global carbon emissions …
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Beehive of activity expected says PAU boss Rubondo Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The level of investments in Uganda’s oil and gas project is exciting, says Ernest Rubondo, the executive director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU). And in 2022, Rubondo says, the government expects close to Shs11 …
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Uganda has dropped to eighth spot on the Africa Visa Openness Index this year according to the latest rankings published on Dec.13 by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Commission. Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Africa Visa Openness Index which has been published since 2016 …
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How new NFA tracking technology is improving monitoring and enforcement Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | All Uganda’s forests will have disappeared in the next 30 years, if nothing is done to save them today. That is what the experts at the National Forestry Authority (NFA) say. But not many …
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430 people died in road accidents last December. ‘Fika Salama Extra’ launched News Analysis | RONALD MUSOKE | Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, wants Ugandans travelling to their upcountry homes for the end of year festivities to do so cautiously. He is one of many leaders …
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