*Dear Butagira Tullow Oil Company?. **Nothing like that exists. "Tullow Oil Company"** is just a cover for mercenaries who are former soldiers of apartheid South Africa and Britain.
Lawyer Elly Karuhanga, a some relative of Janet M7, knows this very well. He has been with them all the way from the 1980's in South Africa. The real enemy though are the British Anglo blood suckers. These Sam Kutesas Musevenis Mbabazis etc are just the slavemaster's running dogs.* Tullow fights back on bribery claims Posted Thursday, October 13 2011 at 19:13 In Summary Official refusal to disclose the oil pacts stoked speculation which burst in Parliament this week with allegations money exchanged hands, and lopsided deals signed, to disadvantage Ugandans on the 2.5 billion barrel oil find. *KAMPALA* British oil firm, Tullow, has said it holds no Bank account in Malta and describes as “outrageous and wholly defamatory” allegations it paid bribe to Ugandan ministers using its cash deposits in the Mediterranean country. During a two-day special session of Parliament called on Monday to discuss transactions in the country’s nascent oil sector, MPs made allegations that between June 1 and July 16, 2010, Tullow paid out up to $100m (Shs280b) to “expert” bureaucrats, among them three powerful ministers. The payments, according to documents tabled by Mr Gerald Karuhanga, the Youth MP representing Western Uganda, were for the officials’ “professional services”. Former Tullow country manager, Mr Brian Glover, allegedly wired the monies from the company’s accounts with Bank of Valetta in Malta. “Tullow does not have and has never had any bank accounts in Malta and we can say with complete confidence that these documents [detailing the pay outs] are forgeries,” the company chief executive officer, Mr Aidan Heavey, wrote in an October 11 letter to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. The dossier allegedly availed by an unnamed whistle-blower shows Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa was paid Euros17.5 million (Shs66.5b) in his account with a Swiss bank while his Internal Affairs counterpart Hillary Onek, who until May was in-charge of the Energy docket, received about Euros6 million (Shs22.8b) through a bank in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Share This Story 6Share<http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monitor.co.ug%2FNews%2FNational%2F-%2F688334%2F1254946%2F-%2Fbi1roiz%2F-%2Findex.html&t=Tullow%20fights%20back%20on%20bribery%20claims%C2%A0-%20National%C2%A0%7Cmonitor.co.ug&src=sp> Mr Karuhanga, who also named deputy Treasury secretary Keith Muhakanizi and former Solicitor General Billy Kainemura (now a High Court judge), did not specify the amount allegedly paid to Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, who was at the time the Security Minister. All deny soliciting or receiving bribe from the British company that presently is the lead player in Uganda’s oil sector. At the conclusion of debate on Tuesday, Parliament asked the implicated ministers to step aside to pave way for an inquest by an ad hoc committee of the House. In an email response to this newspaper’s enquiries about specific allegations made by the MPs, Tullow’s Corporate Affairs Manager in Uganda, Mr Jimmy Kiberu said they are “dismayed”, but welcome the opportunity to appear before a commission of inquiry to present their side of the story to “clear” the company’s name. He wrote: “We are satisfied that we have acted properly in all our dealings in Uganda and have agreed to new Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) that will greatly benefit the people of Uganda [and] have been keen to ensure that the oil & gas industry in Uganda begins with all stakeholders being satisfied that due process is being correctly and transparently followed.” With Parliament imposing a moratorium on execution of all oil transactions until related laws to operationalise the National Oil and Gas Policy are in place, it remained unclear if government would still endorse the ‘farm-down’ between Tullow, Total and China Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) due for signing this week. tbutag...@ug.nationmedia.com
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