Friday, 9 December 2011

I want to prove

Here is a thought, why not spend less time venting about UMEME incompetence, at this rate it will become full time occupation. Instead we ought to borrow a leaf from one Harry Oryem , a guest on our show as well as an inventor of renewable energy applications. A solution orientated populace ready and willing to solve its own problem will mean that the services supposedly provided by UMEME are not needed. Now there is a thought, I can render UMEME obsolete.

It is not difficult, it requires basic training which Harry is willing to dispense and a willing mind or one that is fed up with the status quo, 4 days and counting I haven't had curra. I personally haven't watched any of the broadcasts on WBS or UBC and I am supposed to engage with the viewers on behalf of the show.  As the the saying goes Nnanyini Muffu...this is our body (country) nothing will work unless we do.

Friday, 2 December 2011

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STRENGTHENING THE STATE PETROLEUM ADMINISTRATION OF THE UPSTREAM PETROLEUM SECTOR IN UGANDA

ECON Pöyry (2011)
This review looks at the overall results of the Petrad Capacity Building Programme for strengthening the State Petroleum Administration of the upstream petroleum sector in Uganda and assesses the extent to which the Programme has achieved its objectives. The Programme commenced in January 2006 and ended in June 2009. This end-review has been carried out in the period February- June 2011.



The Programme was divided into three overall projects: policy, legal and regulatory framework; capacity building for Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD); and technical and economic studies).



Main conclusions and recommendations:




* at an overall level, the Programme has been successful in achieving its purpose  -to strengthen the State petroleum administration in Uganda with regard to policy, institutional framework and administrative functions, to strengthen the planning and regulatory functions in PEPD and to study the conditions necessary for commercial development of oil and/or gas in Uganda

* the long-term relationship between the Norwegian and Ugandan institutions involved in the project, and the use of highly qualified advisors, have contributed to well-functioning and efficient Programme management

* the Programme was too ambitious in the number of activities and outputs which were to be achieved within the Programme period

* the Programme would have benefited from having clearly defined baselines, and some Programme outputs were budgeted too low

* a more specific challenge going forward concerns the establishment of new regulatory, monitoring and management bodies

* it is urgent that project activities and outputs which were not achieved during the Programme period are completed

* in terms of sustainability, the Ugandan government and the economy overall are benefiting from competent institutions in the petroleum sector, and should consider the long term sustainability of institutional building financed by Norway

TO READ DOCUMENT, PLEASE GO TO:
http://www.econ.no/stream_file.asp?iEntityId=4837

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Thursday, 1 December 2011

Nnanyini Muffu

This is a line about lasting solutions to climate change and the energy crisis. Thanks to the recent black outs in the environs of Kampala, Uganda, more people are aware of an energy crisis, it is immediate rather than looming. This is an opportunity for the climate change lobby that to be honest is struggling to convince the public of the existential threat that is climate change.

By pointing to the obvious effects of the energy crisis, communities can rally to solve this problem with the resources at their disposal that is to say renewable sources of energy like the sun, we are at the equator after all, and inadvertently provide solutions to climate change.

As the saying goes, " Nnanyini Muffu ya kwata awawunya" which loosely translates to the owner of the corpse is not afraid to touch it.