Ugandan civil society has launched a campaign for greater transparency in upstream policy, condemning official misuse of the fledgling Petroleum Fund and demanding immediate acceptance of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) entry conditions, writes Barry Morgan.
The move comes on the heels of Total’s decision to halt work on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) following the breakdown of talks over capital gains tax payments after Tullow Oil’s failure to farm down 21.5%
