Ensure transparency in oil agreements
Thursday May 13 2021
On May 5, Energy and Mineral Development minister, Dr Mary Gorreti Kitutu, presented to Parliament the oil pipeline agreements the Ugandan government signed with their Tanzania counterparts and various companies involved in the implementation of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.
These agreements included the host government agreement, the tariffs and transportation agreement and shareholders agreement. However, she stated that the agreements are commercial agreements with confidentiality clauses and called upon the Members of Parliament to handle the agreements in a manner that preserves the confidentiality so that the government does not breach the obligation in the agreement
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Muslims perform the morning Eid Al-Fitr prayer outdoors amid the destruction on May 13, 2021 in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. (AFP)
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Muslims perform the morning Eid Al-Fitr prayer outside the Dome of the Rock mosque in the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Old Jerusalem early on May 13, 2021. (AFP)
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Muslims listen to an Imam at a mosque during Eid Al-Fitr celebrations in Manila on May 13, 2021. (AFP)
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Muslims perform the morning Eid Al-Fitr prayer on the street as authorities closed mosques to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Thailand s southern province of Narathiwat on May 13, 2021. (AFP)
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Muslims attend Eid Al-Fitr prayer outside the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, on May 13, 2021. (AFP)
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