Uganda: UK Petitions Uganda Over Shs80 Billion Mineral Deal

28 November 2019

The UK has protested the Uganda government's decision to reject a British company and instead award a lucrative project for mineral mapping and exploration in Karamoja Sub-region to a Spanish firm.

The UK Prime Minister's trade envoy to Uganda and Rwanda, Lord Dolar Popat, on November 8 wrote to Uganda's Finance Minister Matia Kasaija and Energy Minister Irene Muloni, asking them to consider the bid submitted by the UK company SRK Exploration Services to undertake mineral mapping and airborne geophysical survey to evaluate Karamoja's mineral wealth.

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