Browsing by Author "Rwothungeyo, Billy"

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    A crusader for sustainable energy
    (New Vision, 2018-04-04) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    "Hydrogen obtained from water will be the dominant fuel for most of our energy needs", Dr.Masa.
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    Experts warn on negative impacts of oil pipeline
    (New Vision, 2017-08-02) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    After a period of somewhat slow activity, developments in the oil and gas industry are picking pace ahead of the 2020 production year. Works on key infrastructure such as the refinery, pipelines and storage facilities will have to be done before thee production date and with these developments come impacts.
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    How to position your business for export.
    (New Vision, 2017-11-10) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    As you contemplate taking your business beyond the borders of Uganda, first ask yourself whether you have consolidated your position in the local market or not.
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    How will Uganda's gas resource be used?
    (New Vision, 2018-04-10) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    32 sq km Kingfisher Oil field The associated gas that will be produced will bee used for powering a CPF and heating pipelines feeding the CPF with oil from well pads. The excess gas will be treated for LPG by recycling propane and the butanes.
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    Is that nursery school giving you your money's worth?
    (New Vision, 2017-11-08) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    Are nursery schools that charge over sh1m necessarily better in academics than those that charge sh100,000? Does one get any more value for money in plush schools? According to Paul Masaba, an early childhood learning expert, it is not necessarily true that the child in an expensive school has an academic advantage over the one in a cheaper one.
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    Keeping the environment clean
    (New Vision, 2018-04-11) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    Children do you know what the environment is? In the simplest term, the environment refers to all things living and non-living around us. Some of the basic things in our environment that affect our lives include water and food...
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    Oil logistics: How ready is Uganda?
    (New Vision, 2018-04-03) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    In the coming years, Uganda's oil and gas sector will be a beehive of activity, ranging from oil production, transportation to storage. Billy Rwothungeyo explores whether the country is ready to provide the much needed logistical support to the lucrative sector.
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    Oil refinery consortium in place: What next?
    (New Vision, 2018-05-15) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    While signing of an agreement to build an oil refinery last month might mean thee earliest the plant will go into production is 2021, other oil developments will not be impeded, officials said. The framework agreement signed at state house Entebbe involved the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium - a partnership between Italy's Nuovo Pignone International owned by American multinational conglomerate General Electric and SAIPEM SPA and Mauritius' Yaatra Africa and Lion works Group Limited.
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    Oil supplier contracts: What you should know
    (New Vision, 2018-04-10) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    In the run to oil production, a number of discussions centering on how Ugandans can cash in are going on. One aspect that has been little talked about is how to handle contracts, writes Billy Rwothungeyo.
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    Opportunities to supply oil pipeline underway.
    (New Vision, 2018-01-16) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    Do you want to benefit from the East African Crude Oil Pipeline construction? The opportunity has arrived. Gulf Interstate Engineering, the American firm contracted to conduct the front and engineering design of the export pipeline has finished the process.
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    Plastic makers eye raw materials from crude oil
    (New Vision, 2018-02-20) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    What would we do without plastics? Think about your everyday activities, virtually everyone interacts with plastics in one form or the other. Did you know that 20% of the vehicle you drive to office is made from plastics? The computer you use at your workplace is made of plastic. What about the television set you watch when you get home from work?
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    Population growth threatens Virunga tourism potential.
    (New Vision, 2017-11-29) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    Unchecked population increase is putting immense pressure on the fragile greater Virunga landscape and threatening tourism in the cross border area, a new report has revealed.
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    Sanitation is a right.
    (New Vision, 2017-11-08) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution officially recognising sanitation as a human right. So if one is unable to have access to decent sanitation facilities, then as a child, their human rights are being abused.
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    Teach students to be critical thinkers, First lady urges
    (New Vision, 2017-07-26) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    We have all categories of students; those who excel, the average and the weak "as teachers, we are trying our best to help all our students pass .
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    The nightmare of patenting students' innovations
    (New Vision, 2017-11-01) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    From the vapouriser technology to pen-based authentication technology, the world's biggest tech firms are trying to stay ahead of the cut-throat competition in the ever evolving world of technology and they are doing that by trying out new technologies - and patenting them from the onset. So as Apple, Microsoft and Google are busy patenting what they hope will take the world by storm in the next few years, what about our own innovators back home?
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    Tourism boosted as Uganda is elected to World Heritage Committee.
    (New Vision, 2017-11-17) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    Uganda's shining tourism star just got brighter after the country was elected to serve on the World Heritage Committee for the first time. The development happened at the just concluded 21st general assembly of the state parties at the UNESCO headquarters in the French capital, Paris.
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    Was Uganda right to delay oil production?
    (New Vision, 2018-02-27) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    Commercially viable oil in Uganda was discovered in 2006. The following year, Ghana also struck significant hydrocarbons. In December 2010, the first oil was pumped out of the West African nation's Jubilee field, while Uganda is still waiting for production, 12 years after her find. Is the delay justifiable, explores Billy Rwothungeyo
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    Where have all the PHD dons gone?
    (New Vision, 2018-04-25) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    Ugandan Universities a re struggling to attract the right staffing levels in terms of PHD holders. " Low pay for professors and doctors at universities is part of the under appreciation of PHD holders in thee society." Prof. John Opuda
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    Who will supply protective gear to oil and gas industry
    (New Vision, 2018-04-17) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    " Personal protective equipment oil and gas will have to be imported. The ones that are currently made in Uganda do not meet international industry standards, even for the very basic safety equipment such as helmets".
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    Why you should get education insurance.
    (New Vision, 2017-11-08) Rwothungeyo, Billy
    Nicholas Lutakome, the head of group risk at one of the insurance companies in the country, explains that education insurance is designed to take care of the uncertainties of life.