EU position on EACOP to be reviewed October 26.

By: Luwaga Joseph Ddembe.

The European Commission in Uganda, is set to fully address the matter of the European union parliament resolution on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project, at that upcoming Uganda-EU business summit later this month.

Due to environmental and human rights issues, the European union parliament resolved, to calling for a halt on the construction of the 1,444 kilometer pipeline, expected to transport crude oil from Kabaale, Hoima in western Uganda, to the Chongoleani peninsula along the Tanzanian coast on the Indian ocean.

This resolution over a 4-billion-dollar project which is expected to provide up to 15,000 construction jobs, and between 1,000 to 2,000 permanent ones, met a lot of criticism from different people, and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni vowed that the project will go on irrespective of the EU’s position.

“I saw in the papers that the EU parliament passed a resolution directing TOTAL not to proceed with the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. Please, don’t waste your time thinking about that. We have a contract with TOTAL written very well. The oil will come out in 2025, the first batch. The Oil project will go on and no one can stop it,” the president said.

On the occasion of the 60th #independence week, we reflect on our #partnership and #EuropeanUnion  contribution to the development of #UgandaAt60.