Nankwanga Eunice Kasirye

27 th -09-2013   By   Nankwanga Eunice Kasirye- The Civil Society Private Sector Forum, CSPSF, is a round-table for the private and civil society to spur progressive government positions on key pertinent issues. The forum is meant to close the diversionary positions that often emerge between the civil society, private sector and government on social and economic issues. Now that all concerned is directed onto the extractive industry, the forum plans to ensure policies on national content are well formulated and revenues from the extractive resources are well utilized.   At the time when Uganda is progressing to development stage of the extractive industry especially the oil and gas, there is   need to find a common ground at policy level between government, civil society and the private sector. The Civil Society Private Sector Forum CSPSF is developed to identify collective and all embracing solutions to possible challenges that could crop up especiall...

25th-09-2013     By Nankwanga Eunice Kasirye The government of Uganda has awarded the first oil production license to China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for the Kingfisher oil field. Kingfisher is the most prospective area for petroleum production in Uganda’s nascent oil and gas industry. A Production license is awarded when an oil firm demonstrates to the government that it understands the oil field it will operate. China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) will   now start preparing its Kingfisher field for four years before it starts oil production and it says this will take up at least $2 0 billion. The issuance of the license means Uganda is progressively moving into the production stage expected to begin in 2017. The King Fisher oil field is estimated to hold 635 million barrels, with 196 million barrels recoverable. When production begins, CNOOC is expected to take out 30,000 to 40,000 barrels per day. Oil production will co...

26 th Sept-2013 An INTERPOL Incident Response Team (IRT) has been deployed at the request of Kenyan authorities to provide on-site assistance to the Westgate shopping centre terror attack investigation. Headed by INTERPOL’s Executive Director of Police Services Jean-Michel Louboutin the team includes Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) and data specialists who will carry out real-time comparisons against INTERPOL’s global databases on DNA and fingerprints and other evidence gathered from the crime scene. Security at the west-gate The IRT, which arrived in Nairobi on yesterday, will also ensure the swift dissemination of all forensic information, photographs of the suspected terrorists, details of arrested individuals and any other suspects linked to the deadly assault, to INTERPOL’s 190 member country network for comparison against national databases to identify any potential leads. “INTERPOL’s role is to help coordinate the international response in support of the Ken...

23-09-2013 By Nankwanga Eunice Kasirye The enormous mineral discoveries in Uganda place the country at a better future in foreign exchange earnings likely to directly reflect in individual and household livelihoods. The fact that Uganda discoveries always present rare composites on the world, positions it at a better position globally. Vermiculite is one of the prestigious mineral catch Uganda boasts of, it is the cleanest in world with high quantity and quality compared to none. Vermiculite blocks Uganda will soon lead in the trade of one of the largest high grade mineral called vermiculite in the entire world. the country is proud of good clean deposits of vermiculite with quantities not found anywhere around world, it is an ingredient used to make inorganic fertilizers, building and roofing   material , fire extinguishers, insulators   brake materials for planes and cars among several other uses. Paul Sherwen, the commercial Director at Ortec group, a membe...