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Establish a supplier development fund to strengthen SMEs in the Oil Sector
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Details of Uganda government case with Heritage Oil in London
Legal Brief of Heritage oil case with Uganda Government- this is a government of Uganda document prepared by the Attorney General’s Office in Kampala. 1.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION REGARDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLICOF UGANDAArND HERITAGE OIL & GAS LIMITED. 1.1 Heritage Oil and Gas Limited (Heritage) and Tullow Uganda Limited (Tullow) were jointly licensed by the