Uganda: Hoima’s Oil Riches

When oil was discovered in Hoima district, the Government started planning for an ‘Oil City’. The district local government was directed to urgently identify land near the oil drilling sites for the city. This was two years ago

“This area will soon become a beehive of activities. It is envisaged that within four years of oil production, a large city will have developed in this place. Therefore, this calls for planned development,” the district LC5 Chairman, George Tinkamanyire, was quoted by The New Vision then.
Today, a visit to this vast plane – which stretches for as many kilometres up to the shores of Lake Albert – reveals that communities in this zone are already benefiting from the exploration process ahead of 2009, when commercial oil production is expected to begin. Up to eight exploration wells have so far been officially confirmed to have commercial deposits of oil.

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