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Ugandan farmers whose land will soon become a crude oil pipeline pathway lose years of livelihood
After years of uncertainty, communities are demanding proper compensation from major oil companies who will soon begin construction of a major pipeline through their land.
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Three years ago, Alfred Okumu Weki’s land was identified for acquisition by multinational oil companies and the Ugandan government to pave way for new oil infrastructure in the Albertine region of Western Uganda where major oil reserves were discovered over a decade ago. To this day, however, no pipeline has been built. This has left Weki and others in the community in a state of constant limbo, unable to plant crops and earn a livelihood from their land due to fear that at any moment construction could begin.
Oil pipeline compensation claims outnumber affected persons
April 26, 2021 Oil pipeline: There are more claims than affected persons
The number of persons with interests on land located in the route of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is nearly 1,000 more than the number of Project Affected Persons (PAPs), according to information available.
According to the approved resettlement action plan, a total of 3,792 people will be compensated by the project. Of these, 3,096 people have land interests while 696 hold licensees with structures, crops, or trees growing on land owned by other persons. However, the report indicates that 3,096 PAPs with land interests hold a total of 4,038 different landowner interests in the affected areas.