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Article

14 Oct 2014

Author:
Isaac Imaka & Nelson Wesonga, in Daily Monitor(Uganda)

Uganda: Govt. orders CNOOC to address workplace safety concerns by local workers; includes company comments

"Govt warns Chinese oil firm against harassing local staff"

The government has directed the company that is developing the Kingfisher oilfield to address complaints by its Ugandan workers that the company mistreats them. This follows fresh accusations by some of the workers that China National Offshore Oil Corporation Uganda Limited (CNOOC), overlooks Ugandans’ safety when it is deploying staff to dangerous environs such as water, and the firm brings in unqualified Chinese, who then frustrate the careers of highly qualified Ugandans, among others...The workers also fault (CNOOC), for paying allowances to only expatriates. Mr Ernest Rubondo, commissioner of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD), has now weighed in on the issue by saying CNOOC should fix its “human resource challenges”...CNOOC Uganda...said it was pursuing a win-win relationship with host country, partners and residents, and reiterated it values its staff as well as its stakeholders...Ms Aminah Bukenya, the public relations supervisor corporate affairs, said: “Internal discussions, meetings and speak up policy as well as other communication channels have been developed to address the issues raised.”