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Gloria Sebikari

At the centre of Uganda’s high-stakes petroleum succession battle are outgoing PAU Executive Director Ernest Rubondo, Board Chair Lynda Biribonwa, legal chief Ali Ssekatawa, and petroleum geoscientist Abdul Bazaara Byakagaba; key figures shaping the fierce contest over leadership, technical expertise, and institutional control ahead of Uganda’s first oil.
At the centre of Uganda’s high-stakes petroleum succession battle are outgoing PAU Executive Director Ernest Rubondo, Board Chair Lynda Biribonwa, legal chief Ali Ssekatawa, and petroleum geoscientist Abdul Bazaara Byakagaba; key figures shaping the fierce contest over leadership, technical expertise, and institutional control ahead of Uganda’s first oil.

Inside the High-Stakes Battle Raging Over Who Replaces Ernest Rubondo at Uganda’s Petroleum Regulator Ahead of First Oil

With barely three months left before Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) Executive Director Ernest Rubondo reaches the end of his second and final term, a fierce undercurrent is now bubbling beneath Uganda’s
May 26, 2026
Gloria Sebikari, Manager of Corporate Affairs at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU). She says, "Silence doesn’t keep the peace; it only delays growth. Speak your truth, kindly but firmly.”

Letters to My Younger Self: Gloria Sebikari — “Take the Risk. Say the Hard Thing. Rest When You Need To.”

The Petroleum Authority of Uganda’s Corporate Affairs Manager on courage, calling, loss, leadership, and living a life aligned with purpose. In Uganda’s rapidly evolving oil and gas sector, an industry layered with
December 17, 2025
The governing board of the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) and the Petroleum Authority of Uganda Officials shortly after a recent meeting to discuss issues on how National Participation of Ugandan companies can be enhanced in the oil and gas sector.

UGX 7 trillion approved for Ugandan firms in the oil and gas sector

In the wake of the announcement of the Final Investment Decision (FID) in February 2022, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has sanctioned contracts valued at approximately USD7.16 billion. Of this sum,
March 22, 2024
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The 525 metre long Paraa Bridge along the 159 kilometre Masindi (Kisanja) Park- Tangi Junction- Paraa road. The road is part of the 700 kilometres of 12 oil roads in the Albertine Graben where government of Uganda has invested USD900 million to facilitate oil activities in the region. As of November 2020, progress on these roads was 60%.

With over USD1 bn earned by Ugandans and over USD1.7 bn gov’t infrastructure investments; how oil and gas is changing Ugandan lives even before first oil flows

From the time Uganda hit the first commercially viable oil finds at Mputa-1 well on 6th January 2006, the word on everyone’s lips has been “first oil”. Cabinet in 2008 passed
December 14, 2020

 

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