More than 90 families who opted to be resettled from 29-square kilometre land earmarked for the oil refinery in Hoima District, have rejected government’s offer and petitioned President Museveni for intervention. The chairman of the Refinery Affected Persons Relocation Committee, Mr Richard Orebi...[said] the families have twice inspected the land the government purchased for them and it is not suitable for settlement.

In the petition the families say: “Medical services are very distant, our children are not going to school, our neighbourhood is bushy and a threat to our safety and security…Your Excellency, recent communication from the Ministry of Energy indicates that 46 households will be given land and a house, while the remaining 47 households will only get land. We feel this is unfair and request that we all be treated equally as promised,” the petition further reads.