Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several families affected by the proposed oil pipeline project in Rakai and Kyotera districts want the government, Total-Uganda and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Co. Ltd to halt the compensation plan and conduct a verification exercise to avoid paying ghost claimants. The families sight …
Read More »EACOP compensation: Kyotera PAPs shun bank account opening
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30 people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline route in Nabigasa sub-county in Kyotera district have declined to open up bank accounts ahead of the compensation payment. New Plan Limited and Total Uganda entered a partnership with Centenary Bank to help …
Read More »Corporate firms team up to save environment through 250 secondary schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank, Total Uganda and Roofings have announced a tripartite partnership to support over 250 secondary schools to plant at least 150,000 trees in a bid to redevelop Uganda’s receding forest cover. The three corporate entities signed the MoU for this initiative at Stanbic Bank …
Read More »District leaders issue ultimatum to gov’t to compensate pipeline affected persons
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyotera and Lwengo district leaders have given the government of Uganda up to August to either compensate the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project affected persons, or they block the project and victims claim for the return of their assets with costs. The tough …
Read More »Families in oil pipeline route allowed to use graveyards
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Total Uganda has allowed families that were initially locked out of graveyards in the East African oil pipeline route to continue using the land in question, in the event that they lose their loved ones prior to compensation by the government. The 1,443 km crude …
Read More »Family locked out of graveyard in oil pipeline way, can’t bury their dead
Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of late Asuman Bamuduka in Kamutuuza village, Kyawagonya parish in Lwengo rural sub-county is in a dilemma and struggling to find a place to bury its deceased who have been dying since 2019. New Plan Company Ltd, which was contracted by Total Uganda …
Read More »Total Uganda evaluates residual land in ten districts for compensation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Total Uganda is evaluating the residual land of the people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project in the ten districts within the pipeline route. According to Stella Amony, the communications officer –Total E&P Uganda, has confirmed the exercise saying it commenced …
Read More »Two businessmen charged for theft of UGX 32 Billion from Total Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two businessmen have been charged by the Anti Corruption Court for theft of fuel belonging to Total Uganda. The two Deogratius Twagirayezu and Joseph Bbuye were on Thursday arraigned before Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Pamela Lamunu Ochaya who charged them with two counts of …
Read More »Fraudsters target Total gas buyers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fuel retailer Total Uganda has flagged as a fraud, an advertisement running online calling Ugandans to deposit some money to receive Total gas cylinders in return. The advertisement running on the website, totaluganda.com, says that for just 7,000 Shillings, one can receive a 6-kilogram …
Read More »UBL, Stanbic and Total contribute Shs120m as fuel to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Three companies Uganda Breweries Limited, Stanbic Bank and Total Uganda have contributed fuel worth Shs120million to support the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The fuel will facilitate the movement of the Ministry of Health officials who are tracing COVID-19 patients countrywide. It will also facilitate the …
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