Minisitule y’amasannyalaze n’eby’obuggagga bw’omu ttaka egumizza eggwanga nti amafuta ga Uganda gakusigala nga gatebenkedde wadde ng’ensi yonna egenda mu maaso n’okutaataaganyizibwa olutalo lwa Iran n’america
Nga nawankubadde akatale ka mafuta kekanamye kyenkana mu nsi yonna olwo lutalo luno embeeyi si yakunabuuka ekisuse.
Bwabadde mu lukung’aana lwa bannamawulire olwatudde ku Uganda Media Centre, omuwandiisi ow’enkalakkalira mu minisitule y’amasannyalaze n’eby’obugagga eby’omu ttaka, Yinginiya.irene bateebe ,ategeezezza nti obutali butebenkevu mu mawanga g’obuvanjuba bwa Middle East gyebuvuddeko naddala okutaataaganyizibwa okwekuusa ku Strait of Hormuz bukosezza nnyo enjegere z’amafuta mu nsi yonna n’okulinnya kw’ebbeeyi y’amafuta mu nsi yonna, okutambuza emigugu, ne yinsuwa.
Yategeezezza nti amawanga g’obuvanjuba bwa Afrika omuli ne Uganda gakoseddwa olw’okwesigamira ku mafuta agayingizibwa mu ggwanga okuva mu kitundu kya Arabian Gulf. Wabula yakikkaatirizza nti Uganda ekyagenda mu maaso n’okukuuma omutindo gw’amafuta ogumala.
Yinginiya.Bateebe yategeezezza nti kkampuni ya Uganda National Oil Company, ng’ekolagana bulungi n’emikwano gyayo egy’ensi yonna omuli Vitol, efunye obuwanguzi obw’enjawulo mu nsonda z’amafuta okuli West Africa, Bulaaya, Buyindi, ne Amerika, okulaba ng’amafuta gafunibwa mu ggwanga awatali kutaataaganyizibwa.
Yakkirizza okulinnya kw’emiwendo gya ppampu z’amaduuka gye buvuddeko, n’annyonnyola nti bino bisinga kuva ku buzibu bw’ebintu mu nsi yonna, okweyongera kw’ebisale by’okuyingiza ebintu mu ggwanga, okukyukakyuka kw’emiwendo gy’ensimbi, n’okunyigirizibwa kw’obwetaavu mu kitundu.
Yayongedde okwetegereza nti obwetaavu bw’amafuta okuva ku nsalo nga buvudde ku miwendo gya Uganda egy’okunsi bw’ogeraageranya, bwalemesa okumala akaseera ku bungi bw’amafuta mu bitundu by’ensalo, kyokka okuva olwo n’obutebenkevu bw’amafuta gazzeemu.
Okusinziira ku Ssaabawandiisi ow’enkalakkalira, akatale k’amafuta mu Uganda kakyali kasumuluddwa, ng’emiwendo gisalibwawo kkampuni ezitunda amafuta, ate Gavumenti ekyagenda mu maaso n’okulondoola ekitongole kino okutangira okukukusa, okukakasa emiwendo egy’obwenkanya, n’okukuuma abaguzi okuva ku bikolwa eby’okukozesa amafuta.
Yasabye abantu okusigala nga bakkakkamu, okwewala okugula ebintu mu bunkenke, n’obutafaayo ku mawulire amakyamu ku mikutu gya yintaneeti, n’ategeeza nti Uganda ekyagenda mu maaso n’okutuusa amafuta buli kiseera ng’eyita mu makubo gombi agava e Kenya ne Tanzania.
Ku by’okwerinda by’amasannyalaze okumala ebbanga eddene, Yinginiya. Bateebe yalaze ebigenda mu maaso Gavumenti okuyingira mu nsonga z’amafuta okunyweza ebikozesebwa n’obusobozi bw’okutereka amafuta.
Yinginiya. Irene Bateebe
Yagambye nti ekifo we batereka ebintu mu Jinja kigenda kulongoosebwa okuva ku liita obukadde 30 okutuuka ku liita obukadde 40, ate ekifo kya Mahathi Infra Terminal ku nnyanja Victoria ekisobola okutwala liita obukadde 70, ekyagenda mu maaso n’okutumbula enkola y’okugabira abantu mu bitundu n’okutambuza ebintu.
Ono era alaze enkulaakulana ku Kampala Storage Terminal mu Disitulikiti y’e Mpigi, egenda okukola ekitundu ku nkola y’eggwanga ey’okubunyisa ebintu ebirongooseddwa eyungiddwa ku mutimbagano gw’emidumu gy’amakolero agalongoosa e Hoima, ng’esuubirwa okutwala liita obukadde 320.
Ku ky’okusiga ensimbi wansi w’omugga, yakakasizza enkulaakulana egenda mu maaso ku pulojekiti ya Uganda Refinery Project e Kabaale mu Disitulikiti y’e Hoima, ekifo ekikola ebipipa 60,000 buli lunaku nga kibalirirwamu obuwumbi bwa ddoola za Amerika nga buna.
Pulojekiti eno erimu ekizimbe ky’amakolero agalongoosa, payipu y’ebintu ebingi ebiweza kiromita 211, n’ebikozesebwa mu kutereka ebintu ebikwatagana nabyo, era esuubirwa okukendeeza ennyo ku kwesigama kwa Uganda ku bintu ebirongooseddwa ebiyingizibwa mu ggwanga.
Yinginiya. Bateebe yagasseeko nti ekkolero lino ligenda kuwagira okutumbula amakolero, okukola eddagala ly’amafuta, okukola ebigimusa, okukulaakulanya amafuta ne ggaasi, n’okutondawo emirimu, ate nga linyweza obwetwaze bwa Uganda mu by’amasannyalaze n’obusobozi bw’okusuubulagana mu bitundu.
Yayongedde okulangirira nti Gavumenti egenda mu maaso n’okunoonya amafuta okuva waggulu w’amazzi, omuli n’enteekateeka z’oluzannya olw’okusatu olw’okuwa layisinsi z’okunoonya amafuta olutegekeddwa mu mwaka gw’ebyensimbi 2026/2027, wamu n’okunoonyereza okupya ku musisi mu Kasurubani okugenderera okuzuula essuubi eddala ery’amafuta.
Ku nkulaakulana y’enkola, yategeezezza nti Gavumenti emalirizza enkola y’amafuta mu ggwanga eya 2025, edda mu kifo ky’enkola ya 2008 n’okukwataganya ekitongole kino n’emitendera egigenda gigenda mu maaso mu by’obusuubuzi, okugatta ebitundu, okuyimirizaawo, n’enkyukakyuka mu masannyalaze mu nsi yonna.
Era akakasizza okumaliriza amateeka agafuga amafuta (Liquefied Petroleum Gas Operations) Regulations, 2026, agagenda okuteekebwa mu gazeeti mu bbanga ttono okunyweza obukuumi, okulungamya, n’okukakasa omutindo mu nkola yonna ey’okugaba .
Yinginiya. Bateebe yakomekkerezza n’akakasa obweyamo bwa Gavumenti okulaba ng’amasannyalaze gafuna obukuumi obw’ekiseera ekiwanvu, amafuta agatebenkedde, n’okuganyulwa ennyo mu ggwanga okuva mu by’obugagga bya Uganda eby’amafuta, n’alaga nti ssente entongole eziteekebwa mu bikozesebwa, okulongoosa, okutereka, n’okunoonya eggwanga ziteeka eggwanga mu kifo eky’okugumira amaanyi mu ngeri ey’olubeerera.
Bya Mugula Dan
