Uganda to start petroleum production in 2009

http://www.chinaview.cn 2006-10-08 20:09:32

KAMPALA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Uganda is planning to begin petroleum production with a mini refinery as early as 2009, making its first step of shifting from a fuel importer to a self-reliant country.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was quoted by Sunday Vision as saying a mini refinery is to be set up so that the east African nation would begin the production in the year 2009.

To paraphrase the rest of the article;

The unit cost of electricity will move from 24 cents (imports) to 6 cents (Waranaga).

Waranaga Field in the northwest of the country has 30 mln barrels of "quality oil". The Waranaga Field will last 10 years, under heavy utilization There are 270 mln more barrels of oil. The oil is near Lake Albert.

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Will Makarere University offer some petroleum science courses?

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One of the coolest stories of the decade is the widespread sale and use of solar electricity units designed for single-household use, throughout rural Africa, India, and presumably etc. This is a new phenomenon that is reported on regularly at Xinhuanet/chinaview.cn.

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...and I never heard of this before; like a calendar bracelet...

Ugandan first lady launches family planning device

www.chinaview.cn 2006-10-08 20:10:39




KAMPALA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) - Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni has launched a new family planning device called Moon Beads over the weekend to help women control their pregnancies. The device composed of a string of 32 colored beads can help women know days when they can get pregnant, through counting the beads, thus prevent unexpected pregnancy.

"I know that teaching or practicing family planning for a backward population is very hard. But I urge you to work selflessly," Museveni was quoted by Sunday Vision as saying.

While launching the new device in Kampala, the first lady called on local health service providers to ensure that such vital services could also reach the needy people in the countryside. The method requires an individual to move a ring around different beads with different colors everyday starting from the red bead. Once the ring touches the white beads, it means it is not safe for unprotected sex. When the ring moves to the brown beads it would be safe.

Family planning is one of Uganda's key policies under the Poverty Eradication Action Plan which focuses on saving women and children's lives, reaching out to the youth and involving men in responsible decision making. The device is to be distributed throughout Uganda in a five year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development. Enditem