In Uganda Radio Network’s National Perspective this week, over the past months, our team has spoken to farmers, landowners, legal representatives, and activists across Uganda’s oil-rich Albertine Graben and along the route of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
We have reviewed court documents, compensation reports, and environmental assessments. What we uncovered is a story of promise, displacement, and contested development — a story that affects lives, livelihoods, and the very land people call home. The dispossessed landowners share their plight of Justice Delayed, Justices denied, how the on going oil and gas developments are turning out like a curse.
This article was produced with support from Environmental Defenders journalism grants 2025. It was first published by the Uganda Radio Network