Uganda Oil and Gas - Uganda Profile

Official Language: English
Land area: 77,108 sq mi (199,710 sq km); Total area: 91,135 sq mi (236,040 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 30,262,610 (growth rate: 3.6%); birth rate: 48.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 67.2/1000; life expectancy: 51.8; density per sq mi: 392
Monetary unit: Ugandan Shilling
Ethinicity: Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%, Bagwere 2%, Bakonjo 2%, Jopodhola 2%, Karamojong 2%, Rundi 2%, non-African (European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 8%

Uganda is a multi party democratic government. The current head of state is his excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, and the government is comprised of three bodies; Executive, Judiciary and Legislature which are fairly independent of each other.

The hunt for oil in Uganda dates back to the early 1920’s when significant oil exploration was done by E.J.Wayland, a government geologist who documented substantial amounts of hydrocarbons in the Albertine Graben...
It’s expected that more discoveries are yet to be made given the expanse of the area yet to be tested for prospective development. More ...