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Article

10 Feb 2012

Author:
Augustine Ruzindana, former MP & Inspector General of Government, in Daily Monitor [Uganda]

PSAs signed with Tullow Oil should be available to Parliament [Uganda]

The Government of Uganda has signed Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) with Tullow Oil plc...It is important...to be sure with which company the government has entered into agreements with… If…with a subsidiary company (Tullow Oil Uganda) then Parliament must insist that there is a guarantee by the parent company…Is the meaningless phrase “good international and industry practice” reproduced in the new PSAs in provisions relating to protection of the environment instead of clear enforcement mechanisms...[Do] the stabilisation clauses...freeze Ugandan law and tie government and Parliament hands so that no laws improving environmental and human rights protection or making changes on taxation can be passed and affect the contracting companies?