Uganda President: Oil Revenue Will Boost Infrastructure,Development
12 Janvier 2010 - 8:27PM
Dow Jones News
The Ugandan president announced Tuesday that the country would
use revenue from the recently discovered oil along its western
border to develop its infrastructure and other sectors of the
economy.
In an address to delegates of the ruling party, Yoweri Museveni
said that the country's newly discovered oil would yield ready
revenue to tackle the more durable potential of Uganda's industry,
agriculture, services and human resource development.
"The oil money will be used to expand infrastructure ... some
aspects of higher science education as well as a vast network of
vocational training; irrigation and scientific research. ... Oil
money should never be used to pay wages--should never be used for
recurrent expenditure or to support consumption," he said.
According to Museveni, oil revenue will be used to expand
electricity generation, aspects of road infrastructure and the
railway. Land-locked Uganda is in dire need of road and railway
infrastructure to ease the cost of doing business, according to
analysts.
Uganda's oil region is located in a remote Albertine rift which
is around 1,300 kilometers from the nearest port of Mombasa and has
no railway or road networks.
Uganda is expected to start oil production in the next couple of
years with around 50,000 barrels a day, which is expected to rise
to around 150,000 barrels a day in the following four to five
years, according to government and company officials.
Companies operating in Uganda include U.K.-based Tullow Oil PLC
(TLW.LN), Heritage Oil PLC (HOIL.LN) and Tower Resources PLC
(TRP.LN).
-By Nicholas Bariyo, contributing to Dow Jones Newswires; +256
75-262 4615; bariyonic@yahoo.co.uk
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