East Africa pushes for local content laws to secure community interests

Police guard trucks loaded with crude oil, during a stopover at Kalemngorok on the Lokichar-Kainuk road June 03, 2018. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Investors in East Africa’s extractives sector will have to show how local communities will benefit from mining activities before being licensed.

This is according to new laws that Kenya and Uganda are pushing to guarantee local communities get maximum benefits from minerals, oil and gas in their areas.