According to the National Oil Spills Contingency plan, licensed companies will be required to clean up the damage as well as pay compensation to damaged entities and affected communities.
The interim report of the Catherine Bamugemereire Commission reportedly recommended that district Land Boards should be disbanded. It also suggested that a Lands Authority is established to take over management of land matters.
Several ministers including that of Finance Matia Kasaijja have been meeting in Buliisa district to convince locals there to accept government compensation rates for land where the Central Processing Facility CPF is to be constructed.
.Oil industry players and environmental activists say failure to put in place a new environmental regulatory regime has exposed the countrys environment to danger. Reports indicate that NEMA is still stuck with a huge stockpile of mud cuttings from the drilling of oil which cannot be disposed off in the absence of disposal guidelines.
Peter Kibuuka, an environmentalist with National Association of Professional Environmentalists warned that the natural resources of Uganda and DRC are under pressure by multinational companies.
Several Members of Parliament from Bunyoro have visited the refinery affected persons in Hoima following an outcry that they were not adequately compensated.
The appeal comes barely two months after oil exploration giants Total, CNOOC and Tullow developed Ugandas Albertine Graben land acquisition and resettlement framework bringing the country another step closer to exploiting its vast oil reserves.
