You Can’t Talk To Us About Human Rights, Ruhakana Rugunda To European Union

Posted by: Suubi Anne in Uganda news October 3, 2022

Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, the former prime minister of Uganda has lashed out at the European parliament (EU), saying they can’t talk to Uganda about the issue of human rights.

Rugunda was commenting on a recent concerns by the EU parliament over EACOP. He said there is no country in the world where there are no human rights abuses and violations even in the United States of America.

“You have been seeing what has been happening in America. America is grappling with those issues to try and solve them. On the issue of human rights, Uganda should be saluted, congratulated for the tremendous progress it has made,” he noted.

In September, the bEU parliament adopted a resolution condemning the human rights violations as well as the major environmental and climate risks posed by the Tilenga and EACOP projects.

These are developed by French oil company Total in Uganda and Tanzania.

It was noted that more than 100,000 persons are being forcibly evicted to create space for this mega oil project. EU says people are being deprived from the free use of their land and their livelihood even before receiving compensation.

This oil project is expected to kick off in 2025. Bobi Wine is strongly against this because according to him, it’s another way to make Ugandans poor with their own resources.

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