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Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni entourage's taste for cushy Total and CNOOC jobs

Uganda's political and business elite are keen for their children to land a position at Total or CNOOC and get a head start in the well-paid oil sector. [...]

Published on 22.12.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni entourage's taste for cushy Total and CNOOC jobs

Uganda
Museveni cold-shoulders oligarchs facing legal storm

Uganda
Motorsports federation becomes rallying point for Kampala elite

Uganda
Museveni's ousted vice president battles for ambassador job in Beijing

Uganda
Leonard Mulekwah, the election body chief Museveni can count on

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French business implicitly supports Kenyatta by backing Danone

Uganda
Museveni uses Kilembe copper mine sale to demonstrate his good governance credentials

Uganda
Police commander Kafeero shields Museveni as electoral tensions take hold

Uganda
Frontrunner emerges in Fluor vs CB&I race for Total's Tilenga infrastructure contract

Uganda
Museveni buys $110m of armoured vehicles from Turkey's Otokar

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Tullow Oil abandons pending arbitration before pulling out of Uganda

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Dialogue of deaf between Kiir and Museveni

China, Uganda
Beijing advertises Museveni-China relations as the February elections approach

Uganda
Museveni tries to protect Total and CNOOC from the "Congolese" threat

Uganda
Museveni wants to convince European tourists to fly with Uganda Airlines

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Museveni left alone with Total and CNOOC following closure of second licensing round

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Museveni rolls out red carpet for Total but snubs its Lake Albert partner CNOOC

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Museveni, Magufuli finally settle on Total/CNOOC's Lake Albert crude transit fees

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