Analysis - Thirty-year-old Difasi Amooti Kisembo is one of the demonstrators near the EU delegation offices in Kampala. He and a handful of others have traveled from Uganda's oil and gas-rich Albertine region's district to Uganda's capital Kampala to express their displeasure with an EU Parliament's resolution against the planned construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
By Wambi Michael
"I have not seen that oil with my eyes, but I'm already seeing the benefits. The roads are very good now, there were grass-thatched huts all over my village, but those have been replaced with iron-roofed thanks to oil that was discovered in Bunyoro," Kisembo told IPS."So when I heard that the Europeans want the government to stop the projects, I said that we, the young Banyoro, should stand up against that nonsense just like our forefathers fought the British colonialists.
President Yoweri Museveni in February said,"This project is a very important one for this region. This money will boost our economy," Uganda's Vice President, Jessica Alupo, took the matter to the just concluded UN General Assembly in New York. She said it is hypocritical for countries that have been at the center of polluting the environment to preach to countries that have borne the impact of those environmental violations how to act responsibly.
Uganda expects 160,000 jobs to be created by the projects located in Uganda's Albertine Graben, bordering DRC. The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline is expected to create five thousand jobs during its construction. "I want the civil society to fiercely advocate for the environment so that we don't have any kind of environmental risks. But it is important that they don't put out misinformation," said Ayuk."It is really important because that misinformation comes to the detriment of young people who need jobs. It comes to the detriment of a country that needs investment, that wants to grow. That wants to survive on its resources without going for aid.
"Sixty of our industries are powered by natural gas. In 2010 we discovered a huge deposit of natural gas in the deep sea; Tanzania is looking forward to exporting it. We expect oil and gas companies to invest over $30 billion in a project planned to produce 10 million tons per annum," said Lumato.
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