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Original Post Date: 2011-01-04 Time: 14:00:03 Posted By: News Poster
By Francis Mugerwa
Ms Beatrice Kyomuhendo is a worried woman. The mother of 11 is uncertain of her next destination after receiving news that the government intends to construct an oil refinery in Kabaale Parish in Buseruka Sub-county in Hoima District.
“I hear we shall be displaced in order for the government to set up a refinery. I am worried that I may not find another ideal place to settle because I have grown up here and produced all my children in this village,” Ms Kyomuhendo, 48, a resident of Kabaale Trading Centre, says.
The widow claims to have lost some of her crops in Ki-gangaizi village during the extension of a power grid to Buseruka. “I had planted cassava and cow peas on an acre. They were cut down last year and I have never received compensation to date,” she adds. Ms Kyomuhendo is among the residents with mixed reactions after the government decided to set up an oil refin-ery in their area.
Work in progress
A team of experts led by the State Minister for Minerals Development, Mr Peter Lokeris, visited the proposed site in October. The team included the Permanent Secretary from the energy ministry, Mr Fred Kabagambe Kaliisa, the lands commissioner and Chief Government Valuer, Mr A. J. Bwa-gira, Mr Dozith Abeinomugisha, the senior Geologist in the Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD), and Mr Robert Kasande, a principal geologist in the department.
Mr Kaliisa said the government is looking for a 20-square kilometre piece of land to set up a refinery and the associated infrastructure worth $4.6 billion (about ShslO.6 trillion). He said the government will buy the land this month, survey, demarcate it and offer adequate compensation to the land owners. The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will construct roads linking the site in March and an airport for planes that will transport some of the machinery to the refinery.
The refinery is expected to be constructed effective 2012 and commissioned in 2015. But the Buseruka Sub-county chairman, Mr Fred Magambo, says several residents of Kabaale Parish have expressed uncertainty about their future settlement.
“Several government officers have assured us that the people who will be affected will be compensated,” Mr Magambo says. He promises to work closely with the district authorities to ensure a smooth acquisition of the land. He, however notes that speculators could rush and buy land on the proposed site in order to charge government exorbitant fees for compensation.
Imposed restrictions
“The lands ministry will put an embargo on land acquisition on the proposed site to prevent unnecessary speculators from acquiring the land we have earmarked for the refinery,” Mr Bwagira said. Already, there is a raging land dispute in Buliisa District where residents and some wealthy business tycoons are bickering over the ownership of the land adjacent to oil sites.
The businessmen apparently acquired the land in anticipation that they would get good compensation from the government during the development of oil fields. President Museveni visited the district on October 17 to resolve the conflict.
Mr Lokeris advised the residents in areas where the refinery will be constructed to avoid selling land to individuals who disguise themselves as state agents, but to wait for the government to buy it from them at a good price. Hoima is poised to become a beehive of economic activity as a result of the discovery of oil in the area.
Job creation
“I welcome a refinery in this place because it will offer us jobs,” Mr Samuel Baker Olara, 36, a resident of Rwengabi Village in Buseruka Sub-county, says with delight. He says the community has already benefited from the budding oil industry. He cites the construction Kyehoro Maternity Centre, about 12 km away from his home and Nyawaiga Primary School by TullowOil. Mr Kaliisa confirmed that the refinery will avail over 10,000 jobs to Ugandans.
Mr John Otim, 40, intends to set up a maize mill because he believes the oil refinery is likely to avail residents with cheap and reliable fuel. “Oil is currently imported to Uganda. We might buy it cheaply if it is produced in our area,” he says. Minister Lokeris says besides fuel, other by-products such as oil and diesel would be used to build roads and manufacture plastics.
Experts add the refinery in Hoima will produce thermal electricity by burning “heavy fuel”, a by-product of the oil refining process. Analysts say Hoima has been upgraded to a Municipal status with improved infrastructure to handle the new businesses and increasing number of residents due to the rise in economic activity.
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Original date published: 1 January 2011
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201101030195.html?viewall=1