Govt sued over plan to monopolise oil imports

By Precious Delilah Lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has sued the government over its bid to monopolise the importation of fuel into the country. Mr Mabirizi, in his lawsuit filed before the Anti-Corruption Court, contends that the government’s move to contract Vitol Company as a sole importer of fuel without going through proper bidding amounts to corruption and unfairly edges out those suppliers with capacity to do so. “The government of Uganda announced that it has created a fuel import monopoly through a contract with Vitol Company. The said company did not go through the normal bidding process under the laws of Uganda, hence corruption,” Mr Mabirizi avers in his court documents filed on November 10. Further, Mr Mabirizi contends that […]