Bagungu people who farm and worship in an oil-rich, remote region in Uganda are worried about the future of their sacred natural sites.
because of concerns over a heated pipeline that campaigners say undermines the Paris climate accord.
“The sites are threatened,” said Robert T. Katemburura, an activist with the Uganda-based African Institute for Culture and Ecology. “We fault the oil companies because they have taken their roads and infrastructure through the sacred natural sites," he said. TotalEnergies has long denied the charges, saying it’s deploying state-of-the-art design — including horizontal drilling — to minimize ecological damage.
Newplan, a company contracted by TotalEnergies to handle the environmental aspects of relocations, didn’t respond to the AP's questions. It contends that graveyards and shrines have been relocated respectfully, with family members themselves paid to carry out the appropriate rituals. “The discovery of oil and gas found people when they were not prepared for the industry. These are people who did not know the potential impacts that come along,” said Tibasiima, a Mugungu raised in Buliisa. “Had they known earlier, probably, maybe, they could have developed their local means of preserving the environment in general, including protection of their sacred sites.”
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