Kiiza, JuliusBategeka, LawrenceSsewanyana, Sarah2022-12-282022-12-282011Kiiza, J., Bategeka, L., & Ssewanyana, S. (2011). Righting resources-curse wrongs in Uganda: the case of oil discovery and the management of popular expectations.https://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6683This paper discusses the management of expectations associated with the recent discovery of commercializable oil in Uganda. Our motivation is simultaneously theoretical and pragmatic. Theoretically, resource abundance oftentimes begets a natural resource-curse, that is, the tendency for resource-rich countries to attain poorer developmental outcomes than resourcepoor countries (Auty, 1993; Collier et al, 2004). Practically, oil development in Uganda appears set to create winners and losers. Four categories of winners are spelt out in Uganda’s Oil and Gas Policy – the central government; the oil companies; the district local governments of the oilrich areas; and the land owners. The oil-rich lands have not been nationalized to make all Ugandans winners. Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom (hereafter: ‘Bunyoro Kingdom’) also complains that it has been left out. Yet, it has a historical and cultural claim over the oil-rich lands. Sections of the local community, whose environment could be contaminated by oil-spills, are also concerned that no context-specific environmental safeguards have been developed.enResource-Curse WrongsOil DiscoveryManagementArticle