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    Tight Rules, Big Money: Energy Ministry Restricts Gold Trade to Licensed Operators as Central Bank Enters a UGX 20 Trillion Market 

    Paul MurungiEnergy, Oil & GasThe Big StoryDecember 19, 2025February 13, 2026

    The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has tightened control over Uganda’s gold trade, unfolding against a backdrop of record-breaking export earnings, a planned entry of the central bank into…

    Kilembe Mines, Woodcross Resources top list of mining companies defaulting on mineral rent at UGX 3.75 billion

    Paul MurungiEnergy, Oil & GasThe Big StoryDecember 16, 2025December 16, 2025

    Government has issued a default notice of dozens mining companies and licence holders after unpaid mineral rent arrears climbed to UGX 3.75 billion.  Woodcross Mining Company Limited and Kilembe Mines…

    UEDCL seals UGX 190 billion loan facility from Absa Bank Uganda amid performance probe

    Paul MurungiPolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryDecember 16, 2025December 16, 2025

    Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has secured a five-year financing facility worth USD 50 million (about UGX 190 billion) from Absa Bank Uganda to fund urgent upgrades to the…

    Ernest Rubondo to Step Down After a Defining Decade as Executive Director of PAU

    Paul MurungiEnergy, Oil & GasThe Big StoryDecember 16, 2025January 10, 2026

    The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has commenced the search for its second Executive Director, formally opening the next chapter in the leadership of Uganda’s oil and gas regulator.  The…

    UGANDA’S 100 OIL AND GAS LEADERS: Peninah Aheebwa, Director Economic and National Content Monitoring, Petroleum Authority of Uganda

    CEO ReporterUganda's 100 Oil & Gas Leaders 2024July 23, 2025July 23, 2025

    As the Director of Economic, and National Content Monitoring, Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), Peninah Aheebwa is responsible for ensuring cost-efficient oil and gas operations in the country, the economic…

    UGANDA’S 100 OIL AND GAS LEADERS: Ali Ssekatawa, Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Petroleum Authority of Uganda

    CEO ReporterUganda's 100 Oil & Gas Leaders 2024July 22, 2025July 22, 2025

    Ali Ssekatawa was appointed the Director for Legal and Corporate Affairs at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) in 2017. He has since amassed years of experience, specializing in tax…

    UGANDA’S 100 OIL AND GAS LEADERS: Tom Ayebare Rukundo, Manager Economic and Financial Analysis, Petroleum Authority of Uganda

    CEO ReporterUganda's 100 Oil & Gas Leaders 2024July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

    Tom Ayebare Rukundo is the Manager of Economic and Financial Analysis at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) and a rising star where he leads the oversight of the economic…

    UGANDA’S 100 OIL AND GAS LEADERS: Alex Nyombi, Director of Development and Production, Petroleum Authority of Uganda

    CEO ReporterUganda's 100 Oil & Gas Leaders 2024July 15, 2025July 15, 2025

    Alex Nyombi has over nineteen years of experience in the oil and gas industry with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. He’s a member of the Ugandan team that…

    UGANDA’S 100 OIL AND GAS LEADERS: Clovice Bright Irumba, Director for Exploration, Petroleum Authority of Uganda

    CEO ReporterUganda's 100 Oil & Gas Leaders 2024July 14, 2025July 14, 2025

    Clovice Bright Irumba is a Petroleum Geoscientist with specialized training and practical knowledge in Petroleum Law and Policy with 20 years of working experience in the oil and gas industry,…

    UGANDA’S 100 OIL AND GAS LEADERS: Byakagaba Abdul Bazaara, Managing Director, Oranto Petroleum Ltd Uganda

    Edna KyokunzireUganda's 100 Oil & Gas Leaders 2024July 3, 2025July 3, 2025

    Abdul Bazara Byakagaba is a seasoned Petroleum Geoscientist holding three Master’s Degrees, specializing in Petroleum Geoscience from Reading University, Strategic Planning and Oil/Gas Management from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University,…

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