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Uganda’s oil and gas policies are formulated and directed by the
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, under the Directorate
of Petroleum.
53 The sector regulator is the Petroleum Authority of
Uganda.
54 The Government’s participation in the sector is through
the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC).
55 Other relevant sector
regulators for petroleum include the Uganda National Environment
Management Authority (for ESIA’s and environmental regulation),
56 and
the Uganda Revenue Authority, for taxation.
57
11.3.4 Local Content as a Tool to Acquire SLO
in Africa
As was highlighted in Chapter 1, the main challenge with respect to the
SLO legislation in East Africa is that it is fairly recent, and the relevant
regulations are still being drafted. However, SLO is easily granted where
there is local participation. In this respect, the general concept of local
content is crucial in achieving SLO. This section refers to some African
countries which have legislated on local content.
a. In Angola, the principal law that governs petroleum activities is
the Petroleum Activity Law (PAL) 2004 (Law 10/04).
58 Although
the PAL neither refers to local content specifically nor constitutes a
53 “Uganda Directorate of Petroleum”. 2019. Petroleum.Go.Ug. http://www.petroleum.go.ug/.
‘Directorate of Petroleum—Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development’
(Petroleum.go.ug). http://www.petroleum.go.ug, accessed May 27, 2020.
54 “Petroleum Authority of Uganda”. 2019. Pau.Go.Ug. https://pau.go.ug/.
‘Petroleum Authority Uganda’. https://pau.go.ug, accessed May 27, 2020.
55 “Uganda UNOC”. 2019. Unoc.Co.Ug. https://www.unoc.co.ug/.
‘Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development—Uganda’ (energy and minerals.go.ug).
https://www.unoc.co.ug/laws-policies/, accessed May 27, 2020.
56 “Uganda NEMA”. 2019. Nema.Go.Ug. https://www.nema.go.ug/.
‘The National Environment Act, 2019 | National Environment Management Authority’
(Nema.go.ug). https://www.nema.go.ug/projects/national-environment-act-2019, accessed May
27, 2020.
57 “Uganda Revenue Authority”. 2019. Ura.Go.Ug. https://www.ura.go.ug/.
‘Uganda Revenue Authority’ (Ura.go.ug). https://www.ura.go.ug, accessed May 27, 2020.
58 ‘Petroleum Activities Law No. 10/04 of November 12 2004’ (Extwprlegs1.fao.org, 2004).
http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/ang81903E.pdf, accessed May 21, 2020.
W. Karanja and N. Njenga
Uganda’s oil and gas policies are formulated and directed by the
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, under the Directorate
of Petroleum.
53 The sector regulator is the Petroleum Authority of
Uganda.
54 The Government’s participation in the sector is through
the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC).
55 Other relevant sector
regulators for petroleum include the Uganda National Environment
Management Authority (for ESIA’s and environmental regulation),
56 and
the Uganda Revenue Authority, for taxation.
57
11.3.4 Local Content as a Tool to Acquire SLO
in Africa
As was highlighted in Chapter 1, the main challenge with respect to the
SLO legislation in East Africa is that it is fairly recent, and the relevant
regulations are still being drafted. However, SLO is easily granted where
there is local participation. In this respect, the general concept of local
content is crucial in achieving SLO. This section refers to some African
countries which have legislated on local content.
a. In Angola, the principal law that governs petroleum activities is
the Petroleum Activity Law (PAL) 2004 (Law 10/04).
58 Although
the PAL neither refers to local content specifically nor constitutes a
53 “Uganda Directorate of Petroleum”. 2019. Petroleum.Go.Ug. http://www.petroleum.go.ug/.
‘Directorate of Petroleum—Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development’
(Petroleum.go.ug). http://www.petroleum.go.ug, accessed May 27, 2020.
54 “Petroleum Authority of Uganda”. 2019. Pau.Go.Ug. https://pau.go.ug/.
‘Petroleum Authority Uganda’. https://pau.go.ug, accessed May 27, 2020.
55 “Uganda UNOC”. 2019. Unoc.Co.Ug. https://www.unoc.co.ug/.
‘Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development—Uganda’ (energy and minerals.go.ug).
https://www.unoc.co.ug/laws-policies/, accessed May 27, 2020.
56 “Uganda NEMA”. 2019. Nema.Go.Ug. https://www.nema.go.ug/.
‘The National Environment Act, 2019 | National Environment Management Authority’
(Nema.go.ug). https://www.nema.go.ug/projects/national-environment-act-2019, accessed May
27, 2020.
57 “Uganda Revenue Authority”. 2019. Ura.Go.Ug. https://www.ura.go.ug/.
‘Uganda Revenue Authority’ (Ura.go.ug). https://www.ura.go.ug, accessed May 27, 2020.
58 ‘Petroleum Activities Law No. 10/04 of November 12 2004’ (Extwprlegs1.fao.org, 2004).
http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/ang81903E.pdf, accessed May 21, 2020.