Bujagali Campaign Materials

Letters

• Save Mabira Crusade Backgrounder
  A backgrounder from Save Mabira Crusade on the unpopular government decision of giving away of Mabira forest to an Indian investor for sugar cane growing, April 13, 2007.
• Urgent Concerns on Uganda Dam Go Unanswered By World Bank
  NGOs highlight urgent concerns on Bujagali in letter to World Bank, as Ugandan government fast-tracks the project, November 2, 2006.
• Bujagali Dam–Affected Peoples Demand Promises Be Fulfilled
  On September 27, 2004, the community resettled for the proposed Bujagali Dam submitted the following letter of grievance, signed by thirty–three members of the community, September 27, 2004.
• NAPE (Uganda) Responds to Minister of Energy
  Ugandan NGO NAPE prepared this press release in response to Response to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Syda N. M. Bbumba’s article enitled, "Response to Article attributed to Col. (RTD) Dr. Kiiza Besigye", December 17, 2004.
• Rethinking Bujagali
  This letter from NGOs to World Bank President Wolfensohn urges a full and fair assessment of energy options as the Bank and Government of Uganda look for new investors in the stalled project, November 7, 2003.
• NGOs Tell World Bank to Reconsider Bujagali Dam
  In a May 2002 letter to Executive Directors, 120 NGOs urge the Bank to delay further funding approvals until a report by the Inspection Panel on the dam’s violations of Bank policy is released. They also request a "more realistic" economic assessment of the project, and a release of the project contract in Uganda, May 20, 2002.
• Carbon Trading & the CDM
  Read NGO letters to agencies proposing to pay AES for carbon credits for Bujagali Dam.
• NGOs Tell OPIC to Reconsider Bujagali Dam
  Read a June 2001 letter to US funder OPIC signed by 20 NGOs urging them to reject Bujagali Dam, June 25, 2001.
• NGO’ Tell World Bank Bujagali Dam Is "Too Flawed"
  Read a May 29, 2001 letter signed from 20 NGOs to World Bank executive directors on the project’s outstanding problems, May 30, 2001.
• NGOs Urge IFC to Consider WCD
  A Dec. 2000 sign–on letter urging the head of the IFC to evaluate the Bujagali Dam against WCD guidelines, April 04, 2001.
• Dutch Action Alert on Bujagali
  An English version of an "Earth Alarm" on Uganda’s Bujagali Falls Dam. Earth Alarm is the letter writing project of Friends of the Earth Netherlands, October 23, 2000.
• Unresolved Issues on Bujagali
  A recent letter to World Bank from coalition of 50 NGOs, October 23, 2000.
• Ugandan Students Express Concerns About Bujagali Dam
  Read letter from Ugandan students to the IFC explaining their concerns about the Bujagali Dam project, and why they believe this is not the best option for their country, August 17, 2000.
• Stop US–based AES Electric, Ltd. from Damming Uganda's Bujagali Falls
  Write US power company AES about their proposal to dam Uganda’s Bujagali Falls, March 23, 2000.
• The Threat of Environmental Corruption via Huge Dam Projects
  A Memorandum to the World Bank on the proposed Bujagali falls projectby Ugandan NGOs, February 22, 2000.
• Letter to Acres International Limited
  International Rivers letter sent to International Finance Corporation and consultants who are studying the hydropower potential of the Upper Nile, June 24, 1999.

Press Releases / Statements

• Save Mabira Crusade Press Statement on Emerging Events Following the April 12th Mabira Demonstration
  A statement by Save Mabira Crusade following the arrest of civil society leaders, April 17, 2007
• Uganda Forest-Protest Crisis: International Rivers Calls for Release of Arrested Civil Society Leaders
  Protests on a government plan to convert protected forest to sugar plantation ended in violence, arrests. International Rivers calls on government to release peaceful civil society leaders, April 13, 2007.
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  Read the "Save Mabira Crusade" on the April 12, 2007 arrests, April 13, 2007.
• Bujagali Dam Rises Again in Uganda
  The Bujagali Dam project is now being revived by the Ugandan government, in partnership with the Aga Khan’s Industrial Promotion Services, which recently signed a "power purchase agreement" on the project. This advisory, by the Ugandan NGO National Association of Professional Environmentalits, describes why this project should not go forward as is. Also, read a more detailed paper documenting NAPE’s Key Civil Concerns Over the Bujagali Project. December 16, 2005.
• Bujagali Being Revived: Read Civil Society Concerns
  Bujagali Dam is being revived by the government of Uganda. Read this civil society statement of concerns and demands, April 15, 2005.
• AES Pulls Out of Uganda Dam
  International Rivers press release urges investment in better alternatives than this risky white elephant, August 13, 2003.
• World Bank Approves Bujagali Dam Despite Major Economic Risks
  The World Bank approves Bujagali Dam despite economic risks, outstanding investigations, December 17, 2001.

Reports

• Comments on Management Response to Bujagali Inspection Panel Report
  Some notes and recommendations by International Rivers, June 20, 2002.
• Internal World Bank Report Reveals Major Problems with Uganda Dam
  The planned Bujagali Dam in Uganda violates five key World Bank policies. This is the conclusion of a confidential new report by the Inspection Panel, the World Bank’s investigative body. (Read International Rivers’s Review of World Bank Inspection Panel Report on Bujagali Dam PDF), July 10, 2002.
• World Bank Misleads Executive Board to Win Approval for Uganda Dam
  A confidential Bank report obtained by International Rivers shows that the World Bank is misleading its own Executive Board on many accounts in order to win approval for the hydropower project, July 3, 2002.
• World Bank Management Manipulated Data on Uganda Dam
  Analysis of internal documents by International Rivers shows that World Bank management manipulated data to gain Board approval for the project, which is sponsored by US–based AES Corporation, May 14, 2002.
• Can Huge Dams Solve Our Economic Problems?
  A view from Save Bujagali Crusade, March 16, 2000.
• Additional Information
  This paper was presented to the World Commission on Dams in Cairo in December 1999, December 17, 1999.