The African Centre for Media Excellence has developed a programme with the Revenue Watch Institute and the Thomson Reuters Foundation to teach journalists how to report effectively on oil and gas, an industry that could bring huge benefits to Uganda if managed properly.
Revenue Watch monitors public finances, advises governments on policy choices and campaigns against corruption in mining and the oil and gas industry. The training programme is its first that directly targets journalists, and their role in promoting public debate on the sector.
When RWI created its media training program for Ghanaian and Ugandan journalists in 2009, the idea of increasing the quantity and quality of oil and mining coverage in those countries was only the starting point. We also hoped that, at the end of the three-year pilot phase, the trainings would have generated the momentum to expand. In collaboration with Thomson Reuters Foundation, African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) and PenPlusBytes, RWI set an ambitious…
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The ninth Parliament debated Uganda's oil sector on October 10 and 11, 2011 and passed a number or resolutions in a bid to regularize the sector. The heated debates covered various aspects concerning the oil industry especially oil contracts and transactions signed between Uganda and oil companies. Below are the transcripts from the debate, compiled by Parliament in the Hansard. Monday 10 Tuesday 11 Dr Peter Mwesige's take on the coverage of the…
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Public Finance Bill (2012): Petroleum Revenue Management Part VII of the Public Finance Bill, 2012, which was tabled before Parliament on May 9, spells out procedures for petroleum revenue management. CSO's submission to Parliament on Petroleum Bills (April 2012) Memorandum by civil society organisations to the committee of natural resources reviewing the petroleum bills Presentation by Total E&P Uganda to Parliament on regularisation of the oil sector Memorandum presented by total E&P Uganda to…
The African Centre for Media Excellence has developed a programme with the Revenue Watch Institute and the Thomson Reuters Foundation to teach journalists how to report effectively on oil and gas, an industry that could bring huge benefits to Uganda if managed properly.Revenue Watch monitors public finances, advises governments on policy choices and campaigns against corruption in mining and the oil and gas industry. The training programme is its first that directly targets journalists, and…
Uganda’s exports are almost entirely agricultural: coffee, tea, flowers, and lately foodstuffs especially to the Republic of South Sudan. Its imports are largely finished products, which are quite expensive. The country’s being landlocked does not help things. Petroleum products are some of the key imports, eating up more than 15% of Uganda’s total import bill. These products are imported through the Kenyan port of Mombasa, a distance of 1,300km from Kampala. To reverse this state…
CLASS B (2011-2012 Class) Felix Basiime Felix has been practicing journalism for about 12 years. Currently a bureau chief for the western region at the Daily Monitor, he has previously worked for Weekly Topic, New Vision and Orumuri. He was awarded for best investigative journalism in the print category for the western region of Uganda in 2005 and 2007. He has also been recognized by the Daily Monitor as the best performing bureau chief in…
