Oil Governance and Socio Economic Wellbeing of Communities in the Albertine Graben Uganda

The study was carried in order to examine how oil governance influence socio economic wellbeing of communities in the Albertine Graben Uganda. Ideally, community policies responsible for promoting oil governance reforms have generally tended to place a stronger emphasis on the accountability rather than the capacity strengthening aspects of the oil governance agenda Humphreys, Sachs and Stiglitz, 2007 . In addition, according to HOCADEO report, 2012 on the baseline study on the current trends of oil exploration and social economic implications of the emerging oil and gas industry on the livelihood security of the local communities in the Albertine region focus mainly should be on land ownership, employment, business opportunities, markets and access to health services. However, current reports on the socio economic wellbeing of communities in the Abertine graben region indicates that business opportunities from oil and gas exploration activities in the Albertine Graben, local communities have not yet benefited as indicted in HOCADEO report, 2021 whereby 70 of the study respondents believed oil and gas exploration has not yet benefited local communities, hence having a very huge bearing on the socio economic wellbeing of the local communities. Many households have lost their land and property due to land grabbing, and the level of poverty continued to grow, limited employment opportunities have been realized by the people in the region, limited access to basic health service, to quality education among others still continues. And it's against such a background that the study sought to examine the contribution of oil governance on socio economic wellbeing of communities in Albertine Graben Uganda. Ivan Lwanyaga | Prof. Dr. Ricardo Saaverdra | Dr. Charles Edaku "Oil Governance and Socio-Economic Wellbeing of Communities in the Albertine Graben: Uganda" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-1 , February 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52807.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/52807/oil-governance-and-socioeconomic-wellbeing-of-communities-in-the-albertine-graben-uganda/ivan-lwanyaga