KAMPALA, UGANDA: The former Speaker of Parliament and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has demanded that Pastor Robert Kayanja apologizes to the country over comments he made regarding the construction of the oil refinery in the country.
Kadaga who also doubles as the First Deputy Premier says Kayanja’s comments are aimed at tarnishing the image of the 10th Parliament which she headed as the Speaker.
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Kayanja while preaching at his Miracle Centre Cathedral was quoted by the NewVision paper allegedly accusing the 10th parliament of failing to pass the budget for construction of the oil refinery which would have enabled the country to be exporting oil today instead of citizens buying fuel at hiked prices.
“There was a chance to work hard to appropriate money to construct the country’s oil refinery, but parliament did not,” the government-owned publication quoted the senior pastor on Easter Monday.
Responding to his comments, Ms. Kadaga through her Twitter says the parliament which she headed was never presented with any budget regarding the refinery which Pastor Kayanja referred to.
“Pastor Kayanja, you owe an apology to the people of Uganda and the 10th Parliament whose legacy you are distorting,” the former Speaker of the 10th Parliament said in a Tweet.
According to Kadaga, there was no budget presented or rejected for the construction of a refinery as the pastor earmarked. “No Budget for a refinery was presented or rejected. Please substantiate; which meeting, which sitting and which session this happened,” she added.
The National Oil and Gas Policy for Uganda 2008 recommends refining the discovered oil in-country to supply the national and regional petroleum product demand before consideration of exportation.
In order to facilitate the achievement of this policy objective, the Petroleum (Refining, Conversion, Transmission and Midstream Storage) Act 2013 was enacted by Parliament in February 2013 and became effective in July 2013 following Presidential assent.
This Act provides among others, the legal foundation for the development of a refinery in Uganda and other midstream infrastructures like pipelines and storage facilities.
Speaking to the media in March this year, the minister for Energy Ruth Nankabirwa said the oil refinery will start operations in 2027.
The refinery according to Nankabirwa will produce 60,000 barrels of oil per day.
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KAMPALA, UGANDA: The former Speaker of Parliament and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has demanded that Pastor Robert Kayanja apologizes to the country over comments he made regarding the construction of the oil refinery in the country.
Kadaga who also doubles as the First Deputy Premier says Kayanja’s comments are aimed at tarnishing the image of the 10th Parliament which she headed as the Speaker.
Kayanja while preaching at his Miracle Centre Cathedral was quoted by the NewVision paper allegedly accusing the 10th parliament of failing to pass the budget for construction of the oil refinery which would have enabled the country to be exporting oil today instead of citizens buying fuel at hiked prices.
“There was a chance to work hard to appropriate money to construct the country’s oil refinery, but parliament did not,” the government-owned publication quoted the senior pastor on Easter Monday.
Responding to his comments, Ms. Kadaga through her Twitter says the parliament which she headed was never presented with any budget regarding the refinery which Pastor Kayanja referred to.
“Pastor Kayanja, you owe an apology to the people of Uganda and the 10th Parliament whose legacy you are distorting,” the former Speaker of the 10th Parliament said in a Tweet.
According to Kadaga, there was no budget presented or rejected for the construction of a refinery as the pastor earmarked. “No Budget for a refinery was presented or rejected. Please substantiate; which meeting, which sitting and which session this happened,” she added.
The National Oil and Gas Policy for Uganda 2008 recommends refining the discovered oil in-country to supply the national and regional petroleum product demand before consideration of exportation.
In order to facilitate the achievement of this policy objective, the Petroleum (Refining, Conversion, Transmission and Midstream Storage) Act 2013 was enacted by Parliament in February 2013 and became effective in July 2013 following Presidential assent.
This Act provides among others, the legal foundation for the development of a refinery in Uganda and other midstream infrastructures like pipelines and storage facilities.
Speaking to the media in March this year, the minister for Energy Ruth Nankabirwa said the oil refinery will start operations in 2027.
The refinery according to Nankabirwa will produce 60,000 barrels of oil per day.
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