We can work on this.

Some of us are limited by location, but here is what I posted for the local LGBT action group in the NW of England:

****Any one think we could organized a demonstration about the effort to impose the death penalty in Uganda ion Manchester. The entire aim would be to make the news, locally and in Uganda, to oppose this measure.

Targets are somewhat rare in tne NW of England, but Manchster Grammar School has an outreach to Uganda [ http://www.mgs.org/view_page.asp?link_page_id=463 ]

I think t is important to establish that we do not oppose aid to Uganda (a truly poor country), but help in this becoming a world wide embarrassment.***

UK and commonwealth groups can embarrass donors; Plus we can demo outside the Commonwealth offices.

Others can locate oil company offices.

The aim is to create a media storm.

BTW…. Tullow Oil is exploring the Lake Albert basin and is an English (UK) company. It has a partner, Heritage Oil Corp. of Calgary, Canada. Tullow has a 100% stake in one central block on the east side of the Lake Albert and a 50%/50% stake with Heritage in blocks on the northern and southern ends of the lake. Back in April, 2009, Tullow had estimated the reserves proven to be 600 million barrels of oil; but I see they’ve upped that now. Must have brought in a new well.

But (again as of April 2009) three Chinese companies were trying to get in on the play – in the blocks Tullow & Heritage now holds. Those companies are China National Petroleum, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., and China National Offshore Oil Corp. Supposedly the deal to get one of the Chinese companies in could be worth $500 million.

The last I heard, Tullow (probably along with Heritage) was on its way to getting the majority percentage of the exploration rights to the two blocks on the west side of the lake in the Congo. But that news was back in April, 2009. There had been an earlier agreement between Tullow and Uganda back in 2007; however, that was rescinded when the Congo accused Tullow of violating its borders with Ugandan military soldiers.

Relations between the Congo and Uganda worsened and there was a short border skirmish which resulted the killing of a Heritage-contracted geologist, Carl Nefdt. Late in 2007, two Heritage geologists were arrested by Congo soldiers and charged with entering the Congo illegally via Uganda. All of this led to a redrawing of the border between the Congo and Uganda. By 2008 the two countries were exchanging ambassadors.

I cannot imagine that the 80% government stake in production is true. My guess is quite a few current Ugandan politicians have their hands in Tullow’s pockets. Makes Museveni’s re-election in 2011 all the more important. And he doesn’t care on whose head he has to step on to get it done.