Folks displaced by Uganda oil pipeline ‘acquired insufficient compensation’

Folks displaced from their houses alongside the location of an oil pipeline below building in Uganda have complained of being inadequately rehoused or compensated. When accomplished, the East African crude oil pipeline (Eacop) will transport oil from the Tilenga and Kingfisher oilfields in western Uganda to the port of Tanga in Tanzania. The venture – a partnership of the governments of each nations, the French oil firm TotalEnergies, and China Nationwide Offshore Oil Company – has been touted by Uganda as transformative for the nation’s economic system. Nonetheless, from the beginning, it has confronted criticism over its potential influence on vital…