Date of Award

8-1-2016

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

African American Studies

Advisor(s)

HORACE G. CAMPBELL

Keywords

BUNYORO REGION, HISTORICAL MATERIALISM, OIL INDUSTRY IN AFRICA, OIL IN UGANDA, POLITICAL ECONOMY, SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS

Subject Categories

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This thesis examines the socio-economic effects of oil industry on the people of Kabaale Village, Hoima, and Bunyoro region in Uganda. The thesis analyses the current political economy of Uganda and how Uganda is prepared to utilize the proceeds from the oil industry for the development of the country and its people. In addition, the research examines the effects of industry on the people of Uganda by analyzing how the people of Kabaale in Bunyoro region were affected by the plans to construct oil refinery in their region. This field research was done using qualitative methods and the Historical Materialism theoretical framework guided the study. The major findings include; displacement of people from land especially women, lack of accountability from the leadership, and less citizen participation in the policy formulation and oil industry. Ugandans, East Africans and the wider Pan-African world need to re-organize their socio-economic structure to enable people own means of production; participate and form labor organizations. Additionally, there is a need for oil producing African countries to unite and setup and oil fund for resources and investment instead of relying on foreign multinationals or become rentier states.

Key words: oil industry, oil in Uganda, Historical Materialism,political economy, Kabaale & Bunyoro regions

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