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Accountability Oil & Energy
Accountability Oil & Energy

Development should never come at the cost of human dignity or community rights. Our Accountability Hub delivers rigorous, evidence-based journalism exploring the systemic friction points that too often accompany large-scale infrastructure, extractives, and commercial agriculture projects in Uganda.

We investigate unresolved land claims along major transit pipelines, corporate displacement tests, and environmental degradation. By giving a platform to field testimony and independent documentation, we highlight where compliance breaks down and hold large operators accountable to the communities they impact.

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We name the companies whose consultation records, resettlement action plans, and grievance mechanisms actually work. Accountability journalism includes crediting genuine best practice.

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Workers laying a section of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline through farmland in western Uganda
AccountabilityOil & Energy

EACOP Displacement: Compensation Concerns

A new independent report and years of field testimony point to inadequate rehousing and unresolved land claims along the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in western Uganda.

By Grace NabiryeHoima & Buliisa Districts8 min
A rural family stands outside a small brick home near the Kingfisher oil development area in western Uganda
AccountabilityOil & Energy

Kingfisher Oil Field: Eviction Claims Reviewed

In Kikuube District on the shores of Lake Albert, residents describe mass arrests, sexual violence and forced evictions tied to the CNOOC-operated Kingfisher project.

By Peter MugishaKikuube District6 min
Sugarcane fields stretch to the horizon in Uganda's Busoga sub-region at sunset
AccountabilityAgriculture & Land

Nakigalala Land Row: Court Halts Kakira Deal

The High Court's Land Division has frozen a disputed transfer, reviving a long-running argument in Busoga about who benefits from Uganda's biggest sugar operation.

By Miriam AchiengBusoga Sub-Region6 min
Aerial view of a large hydroelectric dam on the Nile river in Uganda with spillways discharging white water
MixedEnergy & Infrastructure

Bujagali at Fifteen: Resettlement Revisited

The dam that powered Uganda's grid also displaced families whose resettlement remains a case study in what to avoid on future megaprojects.

By Andrew SsempijjaJinja District7 min
Raw gold ore samples on a wooden table at a Ugandan mining office.
MixedMining & Extractives

Gold Mining in Uganda: A Guide to the Companies

An investigative directory of the licensed gold miners, refiners and exporters operating across Uganda's Lake Victoria Green Belt and Karamoja, with community impact notes for each.

By David MugishaKampala, Uganda9 min
High voltage transmission towers and a substation at dusk in Uganda after the Umeme concession handover
MixedEnergy & Infrastructure

End of the Umeme Era: What Changes for Users

After twenty years of private distribution, Umeme has handed Uganda's power grid back to the state utility. LivingWellUganda unpacks what it means for tariffs, reliability and the communities still off-grid.

By Grace NabiryeKampala6 min
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Workers laying a section of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline through farmland in western Uganda
Accountability

EACOP Displacement: Compensation Concerns

A new independent report and years of field testimony point to inadequate rehousing and unresolved land claims along the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in western Uganda.