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Nankabirwa Urges New PAU Board To Serve Diligently As Uganda’s First Oil Looms

Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development has reminded Lynda Biribonwa, the new Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) board chairperson and her fellow board members of the “crucial responsibility” they have “to ensure the delivery of Uganda’s First Oil”.

She has encouraged them to work diligently and collaboratively to meet the nation’s energy goals.

Nankabirwa was speaking at a dinner to welcome the board on Friday after the new members were inaugurated earlier the same day by Sidronius Okaasai, the Minister of State for Energy.

Biribonwa, an environment, health, and safety specialist, was appointed chairperson and six others as members of the PAU board by President Yoweri Museveni in June after their successful vetting and approval by the Parliamentary Appointment Committee.

Biribonwa succeeds Jane Mulemwa, whose second and final four-year term ended in May 2024.

Okaasai inaugurating Biribonwa

She holds an MBA in Oil and Gas from CWS School of Energy, London, UK; an MSc in Environment and Development from the University of Reading, UK and a BA (Hons) in Environmental Management and Business Administration from Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.

Before her appointment, Biribonwa served on the previous Board as the head of the Governance, Board, and Audit Committee.

Others appointees include Bernard Ongodia, who is also the Principal of Uganda Petroleum Institute, Kigumba (UPIK); Adrian Bukenya, the Country Director for the Mastercard Foundation in Uganda and Innocent Kihika, an energy lawyer. The trio previously served on the Board and will be serving their second term as members.

The new entrants to the seven-member Board include Oduka Ochan Achan, a finance specialist, Solome Galiwango and Prof. Vincent Bagire, a management specialist with over twenty-seven years of teaching experience in strategic management and current Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at Makerere University Business School (MUBS).

Uganda’s oil industry is experiencing a ramp-up in activities during the ongoing development phase.

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