Grace Nabirye
Grace Nabirye investigates land, water and energy projects and how they land on households. She has long-running coverage of the Albertine oil region, including company jobs and community health programmes there, and of Kampala water supply.
- Land and resettlement
- Urban water supply
- Oil and energy projects
Community Health & Water, Land & Resettlement, Water & Community, Oil & Energy, Energy & Infrastructure
Kampala / Hoima and Buliisa Districts / Kampala and Mukono / Kampala & Buliisa / Kikuube District / Hoima & Buliisa Districts
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NWSC Sets a 2027 Deadline on Water Shortages
National Water and Sewerage Corporation says it can already produce enough water for Greater Kampala. What it cannot yet do is move it through an ageing distribution network.
All reports by Grace Nabirye
- MixedCommunity Health & Water
NWSC Sets a 2027 Deadline on Water Shortages
National Water and Sewerage Corporation says it can already produce enough water for Greater Kampala. What it cannot yet do is move it through an ageing distribution network.
Kampala5 min read 
AccountabilityLand & ResettlementIndependent Review of Tilenga Land Acquisition
TotalEnergies commissioned an outside evaluation of its Albertine resettlement programme. Households in the pipeline corridor are reading it for the gaps, not the reassurances.
Hoima and Buliisa Districts6 min read
MixedWater & CommunityKampala's Water Supply Meets a Growing City
New treatment capacity on Lake Victoria has raised the ceiling on Kampala's water supply. Connection costs and last-mile networks still decide who actually drinks it.
Kampala and Mukono5 min read
MixedOil & EnergyTilenga Forum: 10,500 Jobs and a Social Report
At the inaugural Tilenga Social Performance Forum in Kampala, TotalEnergies EP Uganda tabled its 2025 Social Report - more than 10,500 Ugandan jobs, agri-business linkages and a rebuttal to years of critical reporting.
Kampala & Buliisa6 min read
ProgressCommunity Health & WaterCNOOC Medical Camp Reaches 1,000 at Buhuka
A day-long medical camp at Buhuka Health Centre II, funded through the CNOOC-operated Kingfisher development, served more than a thousand fishing-community residents. LivingWellUganda visited to see what stays behind after the tents come down.
Kikuube District5 min read
MixedEnergy & InfrastructureEnd 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.
Kampala6 min read- 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.
Hoima & Buliisa Districts8 min read