Insurance companies should avoid the pipeline carrying crude oil through East Africa

Some of Africa’s most delicate habitats, such as the Murchison Falls National Park and the Murchison Falls-Albert Delta Ramsar site, would be crossed by the pipeline. The land, water,Insurance and air, as well as the creatures that depend on them, would suffer severe harm from pipeline breaks, poor waste management, and other pollution-related effects.

According to our research, the project’s first land acquisition procedure has already severely damaged the livelihoods of thousands of Ugandans, leading to food poverty and household debt, which has caused school dropout rates among children.

Many of the local populations we spoke with during our interviews told us they were pretty self-sufficient before the project started, using the money they made from selling coffee, bananas, and other cash crops to cover other household needs like school fees. They were not immediately paid for the pipeline’s construction when their land was taken.

After the land appraisal procedure, they waited for an average of three to five years, and interviewees frequently told Human Rights Watch that the money they got were insufficient to buy replacement land. They said that their situation had gotten worse.