Bunyoro

"I think some [local government officials] are very excited about oil and don't have the foresight to consider what future effects oil might have on the community," said Blasio Mugase, 70, a local chief of the Bunyoro ethnic group, who was wearing a Tullow hat.

Uganda Seeks to Reconcile Oil, Nature 2010

"I think some [local government officials] are very excited about oil and don't have the foresight to consider what future effects oil might have on the community," said Blasio Mugase, 70, a local chief of the Bunyoro ethnic group, who was wearing a Tullow hat.

Uganda Seeks to Reconcile Oil, Nature 2010

Davis Rwamungu, the youth chairman of the ruling National Resistance Movement, NRM, in Bunyoro, says that it is important to accurately map out land ownership in the region so that officials can remove illegal occupants

Uganda Oil Discovery Stokes Ethnic Tensions IWPR 2009

Solomon Gafabusa Iguru, the Omukama (king) of the Bunyoro region, told IWPR that they have been holding meetings to find a lasting solution to the conflict.

Uganda Oil Discovery Stokes Ethnic Tensions IWPR 2009

Kateregga said Kajubi took him to Kooki in Masaka and at Kaziru landing site in Bunyoro where he had spirits that he said had helped him to buy vehicles and mansions.

Archive 2009-08-01 Christopher 2009

Uganda's energy ministry says that two billion barrels of oil have so far been discovered in the Bunyoro area, but predicts that this could rise to as much as six billion over the next few years.

Uganda Oil Discovery Stokes Ethnic Tensions IWPR 2009

Nobody, not even the president, should neglect our needs in Bunyoro.

Uganda Oil Discovery Stokes Ethnic Tensions IWPR 2009

She told IWPR that time would tell who is behind the Bunyoro crisis.

Uganda Oil Discovery Stokes Ethnic Tensions IWPR 2009

The kingdoms included Buganda (which gave the future nation its name), Bunyoro, Ankole, Toro, Lango, Acholi, Karamaja, several small kingdoms in the Kigezi region, and the west Nile region.

Uganda 2009

A 1964 referendum agreed to reunite these counties with the Bunyoro region, but Rwamungu complains that the result of the referendum was never fully implemented, and that the land that had been stolen was never returned.

Uganda Oil Discovery Stokes Ethnic Tensions IWPR 2009