Dickens Kamugisha has emerged as a strong critic of environmental policy and abuse of citizens’ rights on Uganda’s nascent oil and gas scene, a state attorney turned enfant terrible, firing off salvos from a non-governmental organisation he founded 15 years ago and which he still serves as chief executive.
The Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) began when the law student and a couple of activist friends from Makerere University in the capital Kampala concluded that just writing letters to newspapers was never going to effect lasting change.