OIL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA Citizens’ expectations and participation in the oil and natural gas sector
Sseremba, David Kirangwa (2020)
Sseremba, David Kirangwa
2020
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David Kirangwa Sseremba. Oil and Community Development in Uganda – Citizens’ expectations and participation in the oil and natural gas sector. 55 pages, one appendix
January 2020. Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Master’s Degree in Community Development Human Rights and Conflict Resolution.
The study reviewed 22 articles written on the ongoing activities in Uganda’s oil and natural gas sector to determine whether oil exploitation support community development. Data was presented and evaluated following semi-systematic literature review method. Findings were analysed by use of qualitative thematic analysis. Three themes were induced from the data namely; communities’ expectations towards oil development, community participation in the oil and natural gas sector and the impacts of oil discovery and development on communities in the Albertine region.
Findings demonstrate that to a large extent, oil exploitation in Uganda supports community development. Uganda will significantly reduce dependence on donor aid by funding her budget using money from exportation of oil. Oil development has led and will lead to infrastructure development through construction of new roads, educational institutions, healthcare centres, banks and the airport. Through backward leakages and seeking direct employment from the oil and natural gas sector household incomes have increased leading poverty alleviation in the Albertine region. However, oil in the Albertine Graben has also in some ways negatively affected community development through distorted livelihood in form of curtailed fishing on L. Albert and reduced access to sources of natural fuel for example firewood used by locals. Increased migration to the area as a result of the oil boom has caused undue pressure on the existing resources, increased commodity prices hence attracting cultural and tribal sensitivities and prejudices towards migrants to the Albertine region. There are reported cases of land grabbing, displacement and resettlement of people without due compensation to create land for oil projects. There is anxiety about the harmful effects of oil exploitation on environment and biodiversity. Oil exploitation has led to reduction in food security.
January 2020. Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Master’s Degree in Community Development Human Rights and Conflict Resolution.
The study reviewed 22 articles written on the ongoing activities in Uganda’s oil and natural gas sector to determine whether oil exploitation support community development. Data was presented and evaluated following semi-systematic literature review method. Findings were analysed by use of qualitative thematic analysis. Three themes were induced from the data namely; communities’ expectations towards oil development, community participation in the oil and natural gas sector and the impacts of oil discovery and development on communities in the Albertine region.
Findings demonstrate that to a large extent, oil exploitation in Uganda supports community development. Uganda will significantly reduce dependence on donor aid by funding her budget using money from exportation of oil. Oil development has led and will lead to infrastructure development through construction of new roads, educational institutions, healthcare centres, banks and the airport. Through backward leakages and seeking direct employment from the oil and natural gas sector household incomes have increased leading poverty alleviation in the Albertine region. However, oil in the Albertine Graben has also in some ways negatively affected community development through distorted livelihood in form of curtailed fishing on L. Albert and reduced access to sources of natural fuel for example firewood used by locals. Increased migration to the area as a result of the oil boom has caused undue pressure on the existing resources, increased commodity prices hence attracting cultural and tribal sensitivities and prejudices towards migrants to the Albertine region. There are reported cases of land grabbing, displacement and resettlement of people without due compensation to create land for oil projects. There is anxiety about the harmful effects of oil exploitation on environment and biodiversity. Oil exploitation has led to reduction in food security.