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Advocacy initiatives and policy reforms in extractive governance in Uganda

This report highlights the policy and advocacy hits and misses in Uganda’s oil, gas and mining (extractive) sector. The primary sources of information are documentary: reports by local and international civil society organisations (CSOs), journals, published research documents, media articles, academic documents. Secondary sources include interviews with media trainers, CSO actors, government officials, private sector […]

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Funding Uganda National Oil Company

This explainer is part of ACME’s continuous efforts to provide journalists, media professionals, and stakeholders with valuable information aimed at improving reporting and investigation within Uganda’s extractive industries. Highlights In December 2021, Parliament passed The Public Finance Management (Amendment) Act, a law that governs how public money and resources are mobilised or collected, stored, dispensed […]

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An overview of Uganda’s new mining law 

Highlights Mining and Minerals Act, 2021, repeals the Mining Act, 2003. Introduces a competitive licensing regime for brownfields (existing mining projects) and retains first come, first served model for greenfields (new mining projects). A model mining agreement for large-scale mining businesses is introduced.  Prospecting, exploration, and retention licences are retained, and the location licence is […]

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Explainer – EITI: Why Ugandans should pay attention

This explainer is part of ACME’s continuous efforts to provide journalists, media professionals, and stakeholders with valuable information aimed at improving reporting and investigation within Uganda’s extractive industries. Highlights Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is an international standard that promotes openness around the management of oil, gas, and mineral resources. It requires the disclosure of […]

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What EACOP law means for Uganda’s oil prospects

This explainer is part of ACME’s continuous efforts to provide journalists, media professionals, and stakeholders with valuable information aimed at improving reporting and investigation within Uganda’s extractive industries. Highlights Parliament passed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Special Provisions) Bill 2021 on 9 December to formalise the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Company. It […]

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