By Rajab Bwengye Yusufu (Senior Programs Manager-Community Green Radio, Oil and gas Governance -NAPE)
Africa is known as the World’s richest in terms of Natural resources. These include forests, wetlands, minerals, wild animals, fertile soils, lakes and rivers plus other magnificent land forms therefore, why the continent has remained as a habitat for the World’s poor has never been an issue of depravity of natural resources. Africa’s oil belt lies mainly along its Western coast in the countries abutting the Gulf of Guinea. “One third of the world’s new discoveries of oil since 2000 have taken place in Africa,” with rich oil deposits in Nigeria, Equatorial guinea, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Garbon ,Sudan, Chad,Ghana,Cameroon, Libya standing out as African Oil power economies.
The recent discoveries of huge oil deposits in East African countries of Uganda and Kenya confirm the dominance of Africa, as far as endowment of natural resources is concerned. East Africa will in the few years host the world’s longest crude Oil pipeline snaking from Hoima district to the Tanzanian coast port of Tanga covering 1443 Sq kms, making record as the ever longest heated oil and gas pipeline ever constructed on earth.
From North, through Central to South, to West and now east, the continent is richly endowed with natural resources. The East African region has been the last frontier. However, the indigenous inhabitants of the land upon which the mineral discoveries are made have witnessed massive disruption, pollution, land grabbing, corruption, human rights abuse and insecurity; these consequences have been felt all over the African continent.
In North Africa, the Arab spring that started in Tunisia, Egypt, through Libya and now biting North and South Sudan has exposed the danger that can accompany petrol dollars; the creation of deep seated aristocracies built out of oil wealth. All the above oil rich nations have ended up in civil strife resulting into death of millions of innocent people as the wealthy and political elites scramble for power.
Estimates of the death toll in the current Sudan conflict vary, but some sources suggest it has reached at least 150,000 people. The conflict, which began in April 2023, has also displaced over 11 million people within Sudan and at least 3.5 million across borders.
People who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced after it fell under RSF control, rest in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region on April 13, 2025. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/people-who-fled-the-zamzam-camp-for-the-internally-news-photo/2209632149?adppopup=true.
The high death toll is partially attributed to the ongoing fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, as well as the resulting humanitarian crisis. Reports indicate a significant increase in deaths from starvation and disease due to the conflict’s impact on food supplies and healthcare access according to a study by the London school of Hygiene and tropical medicine.
In Central Africa, DRC has never known peace despite rich natural resource endowment. Oil, copper, gold constitute the denominator figure in the equation and currently the country is being torn apart by armed conflicts in the mineral rich Eastern Province. Through the ongoing conflicts between the Congolese government and M23 rebels, more than 2000 people have already been killed and the eastern regional cities of Goma, Bukavu devastated leading to a huge refugee crisis in the region according to UN reports.
In West Africa, political instability has been the order of the day mainly due to Oil mining by Royal Shell. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (“MEND”) is, for example, one of the largest militant groups; it claims to expose exploitation and oppression of the people by Federal Government of Nigeria and Oil corporations involved in the extraction of oil in the Niger Delta led by Royal Dutch energy Giant –Shell .
In East Africa, there are all signs that poor governance of the oil resource is the biggest challenge that is befalling Uganda’s oil dollar fortunes in the Albertine rift. East Africans in Kenya and Tanzania should, therefore, be wary. Lest the trend comes calling.
In Kenya for example, Oil in 2007 was discovered in Sibiloi National Park the South Island and the Central Island National Parks located in the Lake Turkana Basin-North Kenya. The area was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997 due to being inhabited by diverse fauna. Mining this oil means violation of the world heritage convention adopted by UNESCO in 1972.
• In Tanzania, there is off shore mapping of oil and gas deposits in the deeper continental shelf –The Indian Ocean Coast by The Norwegian Company Statoil Hydro which signed a PSA, in April 2007, on Block II offshore and now , the East African crude pipeline (EACOP) project will in Tanzania alone tranverse 7 regions and twenty-three (23) Districts, namely, Missenyi, Bukoba, Muleba, Biharamulo, Chato, Geita, Mbogwe, Bukombe, Kahama, Nzega, Igunga, Iramba, Mkalama, Singida, Kondoa, Chemba, Hanang, Kiteto, Kilindi, Handeni, Korogwe, Muheza, and Tanga, and cover a distance of one thousand one hundred forty-seven (1,147) kilometres. The thirty (30) metre-wide corridor running for one thousand, one hundred, forty-seven (1,147) km, plus the land-take of the four (4) pump stations, two (2) pressure reduction stations, the marine storage terminal, the twelve (12) camps and the thermal insulation facility will take up ten thousand eighty-one (10,081) acres. This will affect a total of nine thousand five hundred thirteen (9,513) people – the PAPs. More importantly, the Tanzanian coastline that will also be partly affected is covered by Rich Mangrove forest that are breeding places of many land animal and bird species
In Uganda/Democratic Republic of Congo, there is Oil exploration in Virunga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to some of the world’s critically endangered mountain gorillas and across in Uganda , the building of 2 central Processing facilities (CPFs both in Tilenga and Kingfisher Oil fields, drilling of over 426 wells (200 water injector wells,196 oil producer wells, 2 polymer pilot wells and 28 reference wells) , a green oil refinery plant seated on 28 Sq km land in Kabaale-Hoima District and a 1443 km long heated oil and gas pipeline traversing the East african region from Uganda (hoima) to the Indian coast port of Tanga in Tanzania all violate national, regional and international laws ,guidelines and frameworks for biodiversity protection.
Ugandan law and regional African agreements including the Ugandan constitution Article 26 that gives land owners exclusive rights over their land until they are adequately compensated or resettled,
Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community: The EACOP project violates the spirit and letter of Articles 5 (3) (c), 8(1) (c), 111 (1) (b) & (d), 111 (1) & (2), and 114 (1) of the Treaty for the Establishment of The East African Community (EAC) on the protection of the environment. The above articles obligate the EAC partner states to mutually cooperate in the environmental field.
Protocol for Sustainable Development of Lake Victoria: Under Articles 4,5,12, 13 and 14 of the Protocol for Sustainable Development of Lake Victoria a 1999 regional requirement developed by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda to fairly and effectively manage the resources of Lake Victoria.
Violating protected areas, such as World Heritage and Ramsar sites: For instance, EACOP’s proposed route will negatively impact a number of protected areas, including the Ngorongoro National Park, a World Heritage site, as well as the Murchison Falls-Albert Delta Wetland System, a designated Ramsar site
Violating the Paris Agreement: As a fossil fuel project with significant estimated emissions, EACOP will also violate the Paris Agreement, of which China, Tanzania, and Uganda have signed.
Violating the free, prior, informed consent rights and best practices of Indigenous and affected communities along the EACOP right of way.
Violating Chinese guidelines for Green Development in Overseas Investment and Cooperation which obligate Chinese companies to “to conduct environmental assessments and due diligence for a proposed project in accordance with international practices to identify potential environmental risks” as well as “push for prevention of ecological risks”.
Violating Chinese guidelines for Ecological Environmental Protection in Foreign Investment Cooperation and Construction Projects which obligates Chinese entities to conduct biodiversity surveys, and if high biodiversity risks are identified, the company must justify its decision for the project site and consider alternative locations(Article 6).
Lastly EACOP further violates China’s List of Sensitive Sectors for Overseas Investment, published in 2018 by China’s National Development and Reform Commission by affecting Lake Victoria and likely breeding potential for water use and management related conflicts between Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Democratic Republic of Congo over usage of transboundary water bodies of Victoria and L .Albert
And it is further important to note that due to the violation of local laws and international norms, any Chinese bank involved in EACOP would likely violate key Chinese bank regulatory policies, such as the 2012 Green Credit Guidelines, 2014 Key Performance Indicators on Green Credit and the new 2022 Green Finance Guidelines The implication of this is that any Chinese bank that is found to be connected to CPP and the EACOP project would also fail to comply with relevant Chinese bank policies.
Accordingly, all the above injustices justify why dirty energy fossils promotion in East Africa, in Africa and anywhere in the world should be fought at all cost.
The Writer works with National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) and also coordinates the Oil Watch Africa (OWA) in Uganda.
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline project has had numerous negative effects on the social, economic and environmental set up of the respective communities.
The women, however, have taken and continue to take the biggest share of these impacts.
Adverse impacts include the disruption of family and social life; the increased risks to health and safety, especially in terms of domestic and sexual violence; environmental degradation; as well as changing access to and control over land and livelihoods.
“We are experiencing high crime rates in our community such as land wrangles, we lack hospitals and there are high rates of school drop outs of children since they want to benefit from the project:, said Ms. Joy Kyalimpa, a resident of Kihoko Village in Buhimba Sub county in Kikuube District western Uganda.
Ms. Kyalimpa, a single mother of three, says that the implications for women and girls’ health and safety resulting from the in-migration of large numbers of mostly men seeking project employment and other opportunities have resulted into school drop outs and high crime rates in their communities.
Annet Kasoro from Kabaale village in Buseruka Sub County Hoima District says she has felt the pain of resettlement when her land was taken in 2017.
She says her community was promised electricity, water, and access to markets and while the electricity poles were built there is no electricity.
The women made the revelation on Community Green radio when they appeared for a program early June this year. The show was one of those that the radio organizes with a purpose of amplifying the voice of the vulnerable rural women, especially those affected by oil and gas related infrastructures like the EACOP.
Ssembatya Asuman the Nabulembeko parish LC2 chairperson in Kyankwanzi district , who appeared on the show with the women, appealed to government to expedite the process of compensation do help avert the suffering of the women and the communities in general. He promised to lobby government to provide more social amenities like water and health to the communities affected by the EACOP.
The chairperson commended Community Green radio for their continuous efforts in providing a voice to the voiceless.
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Persons affected by the oil pipeline have condemned delayed compensation process that has kept them waiting for long. They say delayed compensation for their land and property is as good as nothing.
Annet Kasolo a resident of Kabaale village in Kabaale parish in Buseruka Sub County in Hoima district says that due to the delayed compensation, the residents have faced challenges with their spouses who cannot stand the poverty they go through.
According to Kasolo areas affected by the pipeline are areas occupied by predominantly rural poor and that the livelihoods of most families impacted by EACOP are land based, with households growing crops and economic trees for their own subsistence consumption and income generation.
She says the delays in compensation and the farming limitations initially communicated impacted households requiring them to only grow seasonal crops.
“The communication to community members affected by the EACOP to stop usage of their land was not received timely and thus had negative consequences, especially on us who depend on our land for survival”, she said.
“In 2019 we were told that compensation would happen in a short-while and therefore advised to grow only short-term crops that we would be harvested in not more than 6months,” Kasolo narrated.
This trend of events culminates into the current effects are hunger, loss of income, and perhaps resulting into total livelihoods disruptions for many of the families and people impacted by EACOP.
Kasolo claims that the assessment indicated that land was considered was bare/ plain of any crops yet in actual sense it had various cash crops including coffee, cocoa, mangoes, and others which all missed out on the assessment forms.
Rajab Bwengye, the coordinator of projects and Manager of Community Green radio – NAPE said that NAPE will continue guiding and empowering the PAPs on all injustices like delayed compensation noting that even in countries like Nigeria, Oil pipelines have caused massive suffering singling out OGONI LAND in Rivers State –Port Harcourt city Nigeria where all arable land and water bodies have been devastated by Oil pipelines.
Organizations like Amnesty International and Minority Rights Group have highlighted the devastation and called for international attention and action to address the situation. The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has also been a vocal advocate for the rights of the Ogoni people and environmental justice.
Raising international concern, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) conducted a major assessment of the environmental situation in Ogoniland, further emphasizing the severity of the problem. The assessment involved detailed investigations of soil and groundwater contamination at numerous sites, highlighting the wide-ranging impact brought about by nearly 50 years of oil and gas exploration in the land of the Ogoni people.
A 48-year-old Nyambubi Mary a resident of Kitegwa B in Kabaale Parish Buseruka Sub County in Hoima district struggles to support her seven children.
Nyambubi, whose land was acquired for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in 2023, says the land acquisition process has been marred by poor communication and inadequate compensation.
She says the affected households are much worse off than before. She says that they are still awaiting the adequate compensation promised by pipe line Authorities in the various meetings they attended.
Nyambubi described pressure and intimidation by officials from the company and its subcontractors to agree to low levels of compensation that was inadequate to buy replacement land.
“Most of us in the EACOP pipeline corridor we are illiterate. We are not aware of the terms of the agreements that we signed and to those who refused signing have faced constant pressure from company officials, threats of court action and harassment from local government and security officials,” said Nyambubi.
She added that they were not being offered the option of replacement land and instead were coerced to accept cash compensations that were below the cost to replace land.
Nyambubi, who did sign, says the compensation amounts received are far below what they need to purchase replacement lands.
“Those families, who have purchased replacement land with their compensation, have typically bought less land, with poorer soil quality, located far away, and with land costs steadily increasing in many of the areas of proposed oil development, partly due to land speculation,” Nyambubi stated.
However, she says lack of replacement land and inadequate compensations have left many families poorer and unsure about the future.
Nyambubi described being largely self-sufficient before the oil projects began, using revenue from coffee, bananas, and other cash crops to pay for school fees and other household expenses.
In an interview with Community Green Radio, Nyambubi narrated how the inadequate compensation has impacted their food security. She says community members have to buy food to feed their families. This has required some of them to sell household assets, including livestock, or borrowing from predatory lenders at excessive interest rates.
Rajab Bwengye, the coordinator of projects at National Association of Professional Environmentalists – NAPE and the Community Green radio asked the community to utilize the radio to amplify their voices and support them in holding the leaders accountable.
There are growing concerns over the adverse impacts of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, EACOP. Community member residing and working along the pipeline say there are visible changes in climatic pertains that they attribute to the pipeline.
Ms.Annet Kasoro a community member from Kabaale village in Buseruka Sub county Hoima district says the traditionally known farming seasons are increasingly changing. She says this is making it hard for them to plan for seasons accordingly.
“We have seen heavy rains come at a time we expect sunshine and vice-versa. There huge winds that ever known in this area,” Ms.Kasoro explained.
Ms.Kasoro adds that the massive cutting down of trees to create way for the pipeline and the use of chemicals in the installation of pipes are a danger to the environment and climate stability.
“We do not have enough food for our families since farming is now hard. Our crops are destroyed by the too much heat because of the chemicals used and the unregulated cutting down of tree to create the pipe path”, Kasoro said.
Mrs.Kasoro and other community members raised the concerns during the meeting held in Buseruka Sub County with National Association of Professional Environmentalists {NAPE} in their outreach in the EACOP affected areas.
Ms. Balondemu Spetuma of Kabaale Village also explained that there is a danger of water scarcity in the areas. She explained that almost all water sources are getting drained and thus making it hard to obtain water for domestic use.
“It is now to get water to use at home. Most of our wells are dry and we are now trekking ling distances to fetch water for domestic us”, she narrated.
Mr. Rajabu Bwengye Yusufu, the coordinator of Projects at NAPE and the Community Green Radio assured the community members of continued support through such engagements and provision of a platform on the community Green radio for the EACOP affected members of the community to air their concerns
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is a mega project intended to transport crude oil from Kabaale in Hoima district, western part of Uganda to Tanga port in Tanzania with over 1443km long .It seemed to be a beneficial project to the natives but they say it’s more of a cures than a blessing since it benefits a few individuals.
STORY COMPILED BY JOAN NANTEZA
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has increasingly become a major pull factor for masses, especially from deep rural areas to trading centers in anticipation of more opportunities associate with the project.
Ms Biingi Kamiyat from Kaseeta village in Buseruka sub county Hoima district in western Uganda says the area is now occupied with new residents from unknown places and this has resulted into insecurity in the area.
“Acts such land grabbing, defilement and theft are so rampant in our village which makes us unsecure “, said Ms.Biingi during an interview with our reporter during a community outreach.
Ms Biingi further explained that the situation has been escalating ever since the discovery of oil with many locals losing their land to the powerful individuals.
“Many members of our community have migrated for the sake of their peace and security and those that have remained are feeling insecure, she said.
The revealations were made during the consultative outreach meeting with EACOP affected communities in Buseruka Sub county Hoima district by the National Association of Professional Environmentalists, NAPE.
Ms.Annet Kasoro from in Buseruka Sub County also narrated the agony they go through resulting from the repeated trespasses through their gardens that comes with crops and food destructions,
“Our gardens are invaded during drilling processes and several crops destroyed. This is causing danger to our lives as it leads to food insecurity, she explained.
Unfortunately, we’ve not got received sufficient support from our leaders about this matter; we need clear information about what can be done to address the issues
The community members appreciated NAPE and the community Green Radio for their continuous support, especially providing a platform to share their ordeals and ensuring that they are heard wide and far.
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) is a pipeline that will transport oil produced from Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to the port of Tanga in Tanzania where the oil will then be sold onwards to world markets. The pipeline is buried and once topsoil and vegetation have been re-instated people and animals will be able to cross freely anywhere along its length.
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Social and economic lives of communities affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, EACOP continue to dwindle due to delayed compensation and what community members term as inadequate compensation.
This revelation was made during an exchange meeting for EACOP affected communities held at Atkon Hotel in Kiboga Town on 11 June. The meeting organized by the National Association of Professional Environments, NAPE and attracted several women who were affected by EACOP from Hoima, Kikuube, Kiboga and Kyankwanzi districts.
“When the project was being introduced to the communities, they promised it would bring positive changes, development and prosperity. Now we are seeing the reverse of what was promised,” explained Mrs. Lucy Mbubi from Butimba in Kikuube district.
Ms. AnnaMary Kityo from Kikajjo village in Nabulembeko Parish Kyankwanzi District says even the little compensation that was got left families cracked and others completely broken.
“When we got money, husbands abandoned families for trading centers and married new wives. We were left as heads of families”, she narrated.
Ms.Nabagesera Brenda from Lwanda village in Kiboga Sub County in Kiboga district also shares a similar ordeal:
“When money came, we could no longer see husbands at home. We became full time heads of households. Life has become so difficult now”, she narrated, seemingly stressed.
For Ms.Janet Balondemu from Hoima district, the quality of houses built for those who opted for relocation were of poor quality and standard characterized by unreliable and poor sanitary facilities.
The women from the EACOP affected areas are appealing to NAPE for more exchange visits and advocacy so as to share challenges but also get their plight known to stakeholders far and wide.
Mr.Rajab Bwengye, the coordinator of projects at NAPE reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to continued community engagements to minimize on the challenges being faced by communities affected by the EACOP. He appealed to community members to utilize the available spaces like the Community Green Radio to amplify their voices.
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) is a pipeline that will transport oil produced from Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to the port of Tanga in Tanzania where the oil will then be sold onwards to world markets. The pipeline is buried and once topsoil and vegetation have been re-instated people and animals will be able to cross freely anywhere along its length.
EACOP runs 1,443km from Kabaale, Hoima district in Uganda to the Chongoleani Peninsula near Tanga Port in Tanzania. 80% of the pipeline is in Tanzania. It is a buried thermally insulated 24″ pipeline along with six pumping stations (two in Uganda and four in Tanzania) ending at Tanga with a Terminal and Jetty. Here crude oil will be loaded onto tankers.
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Women in the Oil rich Albertine region of Western Uganda are calling for quick interventions to curb the increased cases of gender based violence in their areas.
During a one day community engagement meeting for the EACOP affected women in Buseruka sub country Hoima district, the women expressed fear over what they termed increased cases of Gender based violence against women.
“Women in this area are no longer living a dignified life. The more the oil related activities increases, the higher the cases of GBV against women. We appeal to the concerned to come to our rescue, explained Ms. Nyandera Mary of Nyakabingo village in Buseruka Sub County.
Women who attended the outreach meeting were from oil-rich Hoima and Kikuube Districts and where met as part of the efforts by the National Association of Professional Environmentalists, NAPE and Community Green Radio to give a voice to the vulnerable communities especially those affected by the EACOP.
Lucy Mbubi from Butimba in Kikuube district explained that after being compensated, families get into turmoil and men abandon homes.
“After getting money for compensation, most men abandon their home, shifted to trading centers and married young girls. They left after causing havoc including battering their wives”, she narrated.
The authorities seem overwhelmed by these cases of GBV. Margaret Ruhiigwa, the district women council chairperson, says the cases are too many.
“As you are trying to mediate one family, more cases emerge and you find yourself in a dilemma. We are appealing to government and partners to come and help us because women are suffering”, explained Mrs. Ruhiigwa.
She faulted government for building houses for the resettled persons in a camp design, causing discomfort among women occupants. Ruhiigwa said prior to relocation, people lived on widely spaced land.
“Women who once had privacy in their homes are now exposed to the entire camp community yet secrecy among them is paramount in their life. This is violence against women.”
The United Nations Population Fund says violence against women and girls is one of the most prevalent violations in worldwide. UNPF estimates that one in three women worldwide will experience physical or sexual experience in her life.
The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP says, globally, 35 percent of women have experienced sexual harassment. UNDP works with executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, security agencies, public prosecutors, women’s groups, civil society organizations and movements, private sector, traditional, community and religious leaders to end GBV.
Ms.Jane Nakinobe, a 38-year-old mother of five and a resident of Kiyuni village, Mulagi Sub County in Kyankwanzi District, narrates how she worked with her husband to acquire land that was but later she was betrayed after compensation.
“I had a lot of excitement when l heard that we were to be compensated but unfortunately l was wrong because sorrow and pain begun after “, she narrated to this website seemingly devastated.
Ms.Nakinobe, now a single mother says they were among the people that received all their compensation money husband, Peter Ssempijja disappeared with it.
“Raising my children as a single has been one of the hardest tasks since the land for cultivation was taken by the government after compensation”, she explains.
She has since resorted to bottle picking and washing people’s clothes to earn the little for her children’s survival.
Ms.Nakinobe lives in a poor financial state that even taking her children to school is hard.
“I only get peanuts from the work that do, seeing my children at home during school time breaks me down as a mother “she said with tears in her face.
The little earnings Ms.Nakinobe gets from the work she does can only provide food and rent for her and her children.
Ms.Nakinobe hasn’t been able to get justice. When she tried involving leaders about the matter, he efforts stalled along the way since it required a lot of money to follow up which she didn’t have.
Ms.Nakinobe is not the only one in this situation since most of the men decide to disappear after being compensated.
However, Denis Kakungulu the chairman of Kiyuni village, seemed unware when asked about the matter of men disappearing with money after compensation without the consent of their wives.He however pledged to work with Ms.Nakinobe and other victims so as justice can be served, He also called upon other women in the same situation to come out for help.
Samuel Mugisa the Social Affairs Officer at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) recently told this website that compensations are still ongoing and that those who have not yet been paid will be paid.
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Dr. Ruth Nankabirwa noted that 95% of the displaced people have been resettled, despite the difficulties in paying landowners in Uganda, where land ownership is perpetual.
Story compiled by Joannie Nteza
Dozens of people including university students from Makerere, Kampala international and Kyambogo were arrested at the end of May this year during a peaceful protest against the East African crude oil pipeline project EACOP near Lugogo Bypass, Nakawa Division in Kampala City.
The aim for this peaceful protest was intended to demand KCB bank to withdraw its financial support from the project since to them it involves violation of human and environmental rights.
The EACOP project stretches from Kabaale in Hoima District of western Uganda to Tanga port in Tanzania. It is intended to transport crude oil from Uganda’s Albertine region to Tanga port in Tanzania and it will be the longest heated crude oil pipeline in the world once it’s done.
KCB bank is one of the funders that have continuously financed the project despite it being deemed by activists as dangerous to the environment and people.
The protesters included Shafick Karyango, a representative of students against EACOP, Habib Karungu,Shamim Nalwadda,Kyosimire, JoweriaTopista ,Nakyambadde and Bernad Mutenyo who, by the time of filing this story, were still detained at the old Kira road police division in Kampala city.
“The government claims that we are sponsored by foreign entities which is not right, our families are victims of this project”, explained Mr. Shafick Karyango
Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson Patrick onyango explained to the press that the protest was illegal and it had not secured clearance from the inspector general of police (IGP).
It should also be noted that this is not the first group to protest against this project since many people have fallen victims to this matter.
Despite several protests and warnings from the environmental and human rights activists, the government has not been moved nor its financial funders like KCB total energies among others.
Compiled by Joannie Nteza
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