When Uganda embarked on the path of developing an oil and gas sector, there were vociferous calls for transparency. The calls were mainly from civil society actors who increasingly warned of a potential oil curse.
The civil society argued that the oil and gas sector transparency would prevent instances of corruption and the misuse of resources. At the time the government bitterly fought the civil society saying those pushing for transparency were agents of the imperialist.
Today, it appears that the situation in terms of the relationship between the government, civil society, and the media has changed. In this edition of the national perspective, we tell the story of how far the extractive sector has come in terms of transparency and why civil society.
