In January, MP Cecilia Ogwal (FDC, Dokolo District) raised eyebrows in Parliament when she claimed that there are suspicious movements of vehicles said to be transporting oil drilled from the exploration sites.
Officials from the Petroleum Authority of Uganda are under pressure to prevail upon oil companies that are yet to produce reports on their field exploration activities.
The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, in response to a query from the Auditor General’s 2016/2017 report on the non-compliance, wants the authority’s Executive Director, Ernest Rubondo, to enforce adherence.
The Auditor General, in his report, noted that the companies are flouting Section 148 of the Petroleum Exploration, Development and Production Act, which requires companies to produce reports on “…geological, geochemical and geophysical work carried out, including a summary of drilling activities.