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Anti EACOP activists sue police, attorney General

KAMPALA. A group of activists under the “Stop EACOP” Campaign have instituted legal action against the Attorney General, as well as several police officers for alleged brutality against them. The group also says apart from taking action against the police, they are also seeking that the court holds police officers individually and personally responsible for the violence meted out against them. Expressing their concerns to the media in Kampala, the activists said they not only want to stop the police brutality but also seek compensation from them. Bob Barigye, one of the activists says the security agencies have made it a norm to disperse, arrest, and even torture anyone who attempts to demonstrate against anything, even if legally and peacefully. This is a continuation of the struggle by activists against oil and gas activities in the country particularly the East […]

admin July 17, 2024

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East African Court of Justice fixes date for EACOP project appeal

BY URN KAMPALA. The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has asked activist groups to file a written submission in an appeal seeking to overturn a ruling that sought to block the construction of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The regional court sitting in Arusha in November 2023 threw out a case in which activists including the African Centre for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) had filed against the pipeline project that is running between Uganda and Tanzania. The court then ruled that it had no jurisdiction to hear the case by AFIEGO and others because it was filed too late or out of time. But AFEIGO, Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT)-Uganda, Natural Justice (NJ)-Kenya, and Centre for Strategic Litigation (CSL)-Tanzania, appealed against the ruling in a case they had filed in November 2020. On Tuesday, The […]

admin February 24, 2024

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Stop EACOP funding until human rights abuse on LGBT and PAPs is sorted

BY JAMES KABENGWA OPINION: The latest information from Uganda indicates that civil works for the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) have since commenced amidst lobbying for funding for the same project. Even as the civil works start, gross violation of human rights in this east African country continues unabated. The once treasured Pearl of Africa has since turned into the deepest grave of Africa when it comes to trampling on human rights. Take the case of LGBTs who are currently living one day at a time given that a horrendous law was passed to eliminate gays from a country under led by despot Yoweri Museveni. Once convicted of aggravated homosexuality, the victims are either sent to jail for life or sent to the gallows. Just recently, organisers of a gay party were hunted down by a […]

admin December 8, 2023

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EACOP breeding poverty among families affected by project – new report

A new report indicates that the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project has, to a great extent, impoverished the Project Affected People (PAPs). This is contained in a research report released November 7, 2023 by Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO). According to AFIEGO, the research was conducted between April and November 2023. Two hundred and thirty-seven (237) respondents from 31 villages, 16 sub-counties and six of the 10 EACOP-affected districts in Uganda participated in the research. The participants were drawn from districts of Hoima, Kikuube, Kakumiro, Mubende, Lwengo and Kyotera. They included EACOP project-affected persons, local council leaders, women, the elderly and cultural as well as opinion leaders. The research assessed the impact that the EACOP project has had on the affected people’s access to land, the productivity of the replacement land that the affected people acquired after […]

admin November 14, 2023