https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI1s3z4VO7M&app=desktop Communities are fighting for their land, environment and money in East Africa’s oil frontier. How will government and oil companies respond?
With support from Oxfam, CRED and partners conducted a Human rights impact assessment of the EACOP, the report is herein attached. https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/621045/rr-empty-promises-down-line-101020-en.pdf
https://www.asf.be/blog/publications/enhancing-legal-protection-of-communities-affected-by-extractive-industries-in-uganda/ Inset is a policy brief on enhancing legal protection of communities affected by extractive industries in Uganda published by Civic Response on Environment and Development (CRED), Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) and Advocates for Natural resource and Development (ANARDE).
This paper highlights four case studies of oil-based community disenfranchisement in different partsof the oil region. Summarily, these cases paint an unfortunate picture of the Graben as developing towards a lawless oil frontier where rules do not apply to those with power. As the elite continue to act with impunity, local communities with significantly less …
Up against giants: Oil influenced Land injustices in the Albertine Graben in Uganda Read More »
This paper highlights the effect of the ban on land titling in the Albertine Region and its impact on land tenure security in the region. In 2010, the Principle Private Secretary to the President, Flora Kiconco directed the CAO Buliisa to halt land title issuance in the district with the view of protecting the local …
The ban on land titling in the Albertine region: Implications for tenure security Read More »
The policy and legal framework of Uganda provides for communal land tenure system but operationalization of the provisions has not taken place in many parts of the country including the oil rich Albertine region. This scenario has left communal land in this region to be perceived as “open access”, land with no defined owners- hence …
The discovery of natural resource reserves can affect a country in a multitude of ways depending on how the country reacts to, and manages the newfound resource. In many cases, this is influenced by the level of transparency within the operatingenvironment as well as the accountability of relevant stakeholders. Results from resource discoveries like oil …
How to acquire a Freehold Land Title Step 1 The Applicant must have in his/her possession fully completed Forms 4, 10, 19, 23, a set of 3 authentic deed plans, 3 Passport Photographs, Receipts of Payment and a forwarding letter requesting for a Freehold title signed by the District Land Officer of the respective District …
