The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring Ugandans acquire transferable skills that can support growth across the wider economy. Speaking at the Oil and Gas Expo at Makerere University, Andrew Mafabi, Human Resource Manager at EACOP, urged universities and vocational institutions to redesign curricula to place greater emphasis on…
The Industrial Court has ordered the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) to pay a former manager Shs 280 million in general damages after it unlawfully dismissed him in July 2020. Wilson Turinawe Twebaze, the manager for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation at PAU, was placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) before he was dismissed in…
As the editor of Bbeg Media and previously as a news reporter, I have covered many stories about Uganda’s oil sector over the years. But nothing prepared me for the eye-opening tour I joined with about 20 other editors and senior journalists from 30 September to 3 October 2025. Organised by the Petroleum Authority of…
