LIVE UPDATES DAY 2: Oil Debate in Parliament
By Sheila Naturinda & Monitor Online Reporters (email the author)
Posted Tuesday, October 11 2011 at 01:47
Posted Tuesday, October 11 2011 at 01:47
12:05pm:- Sebuliba says Nigerians fought for the oil because of such elements and if Uganda isn’t careful, we could end up like Nigeria. He says if the ministers mentioned should support the commission of inquiry or they step aside for investigations or we use rule 118 and eliminate them from here.
• Sebuliba says he is perturbed because when you look at the agreements talked about, where production is 5,000 per day, we share 50-50 and where the production is higher than 20,000, Uganda gets 65, what will refuse the companies to get 200,000 per day and we get 50-50 in order to earn more than we do? We need an oil regime to supervise oil sector.
• Kadaga says she will also give time to those host oil in their areas.
• Ephraim Biraaro takes to the floor and congratulates all ministers who haven’t been mentioned so far. If they still like Uganda and their president- let them step aside earlier in time so that they help us investigate. We know they know more than we know into this. That will save our time, our resources and embarrassment on everybody’s case.
• Biraro says in Buhweju there is Gold but he is scared of such elements of investments, “We may get a double curse.”
12:01am:- Sebuliba Mutumba also to support the motion. He says no wonder the speaker is called Rebecca because it has more intonations. She could be the first lady to head this country (laughters).
• Sebuliba says if we are not careful as we debate, we may degenerate into a civil war because like in Nigeria when they discovered oil, everything was affected. Ssekikubo yesterday told us that the owners of the land and neighboring the oil fields aren’t benefiting because even chicken eaten there is got from Kenya.
• Sebuliba says Nigerians fought for the oil because of such elements and if Uganda isn’t careful, we could end up as Nigeria. He says if the ministers mentioned should support the commission of inquiry or they step aside for investigations of we use rule 118 and eliminate them from here.
• Sebuliba says Nigerians fought for the oil because of such elements and if Uganda isn’t careful, we could end up as Nigeria. He says if the ministers mentioned should support the commission of inquiry or they step aside for investigations of we use rule 118 and eliminate them from here.
11:59pm:- Dombo said until recently the president has assured the people of Uganda that oil will never be a curse and we belived him. But that if information that is coming now shows the contrary, I support the motion.
• Dombo also talks about media reports that Museveni has always written to ministers of energy that they don’t conclude such oil agreements without further study. The president is mortal and can fall or collapse and never to wake up. This means the officials will mess all the business. We need we need an oil authority to avoid using state officials.
• Let us put a judicial commission to investigate the Ministers so that even the people of Uganda understand what is going on.
• If you went to PAC, you would shed tears that a whole public officer can eat a consignment of bicycles and this parliament continues to give money to such an officer is regrettable.
11:55am:- Dombo said while he chaired the Natural Resources committee, his committee travelled in Norway and found that they had decided to use a tax regime. In Norway when you are given a block to explore, the costs are yours and whatever you get, 70 % is for the firm and 30 % for the government.
11:52am:- Item Number 3: DEBATE continues. Speaker chooses those to speak and says she will write down their names to avoid double speaking.
• Emanuel Dombo takes to the floor: he says today in the House there is Gen Elly Tumwiine who fired the first bullet in the NRA struggle. Tumwiine is also the chairperson of the Anti-corruption coalition in parliament and yesterday he made a standing ovation about a MP who made a contribution.
• Dombo said he didn’t sign the motion because the idea was about agreements but because of yesterday’s debate, he regretted by he hadn’t signed because the matters were more demanding.
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