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Bujagali Hydroelectric

Issues

Community health and safety

Description: Complaint raises concerns related to public health and safety including incidents of or an increase in accidents, release of hazardous materials, and spread of diseases. Concerns related to retaliation and/or violence are not included.

Complaints with this Issue: 359

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Cultural heritage

Description: Complaint raises concerns about impacts on any type of tangible or intangible cultural heritage, including significant sites, unique environmental features, cultural knowledge, and traditional lifestyles.

Complaints with this Issue: 117

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Displacement (physical and/or economic)

Description: Complaint raises concerns about physical relocation, loss of shelter, and/or loss of assets that relate to income or livelihood.

Complaints with this Issue: 482

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Due diligence

Description: Complaint raises concerns about inadequate or absent prior investigation of project impacts.

Complaints with this Issue: 482

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Environmental

Description: Complaint raises concerns regarding environmental impacts that do not refer specifically to water, pollution, or biodiversity.

Complaints with this Issue: 387

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Sectors

Energy

Description: Project relates to energy access, legal frameworks regarding the energy sector, and development and operation of energy infrastructure, including power generation and electric and gas distribution and storage. Projects specifically related to the extraction of oil and gas are not included.

Complaints in this Sector: 343

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Infrastructure

Description: Project relates to construction or improvement of large structures, facilities, or public works projects. Examples include roads and other transportation projects, sanitation and water treatment facilities, power plants, and industrial facilities.

Complaints in this Sector: 965

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Project

Name: Bujagali Energy Ltd

Investments: EIB 20050357

Client: Bujagali Energy, World Power Holdings

Support: Loans

Country: Uganda

Complaint

IAM: Complaints Mechanism (CM)

ID: SG/E/2009/09

Date Filed: Dec. 2, 2009

Date Closed: Sept. 5, 2012

Status: Closed With Outputs

Description

On 2 December 2009, NAPE (Uganda), Counter Balance (Europe), CLAI (Italy), Sherpa (France), and legal representatives of locally affected people launched a complaint with the EIB Complaints Mechanism (EIB-CM). The complainants alleged non-compliance with a substantial number of the EIB's policies, standards, guidelines and procedures, leading to: Failure to meet European development objectives Failure to assess the economic and environmental soundness of the project Failure to guarantee fair compensation to affected communities Failure to ensure the implementation of the mitigation measures. On that basis, the complainants asked to suspend disbursements on the project until the above issues had been satisfactorily addressed.

Complaint Stages

Filing

Dec. 2, 2009

Filing

Status:

Start Date: Dec. 2, 2009

Registration

Dec. 2, 2009 -

Dec. 8, 2009

Registration

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Dec. 2, 2009

End Date: Dec. 8, 2009

Eligibility

Not Undertaken

Eligibility

Status: Not Undertaken

Start Date: None

Dispute Resolution

Not Undertaken

Dispute Resolution

Status: Not Undertaken

Explanation: Unknown

Compliance Review

Dec. 8, 2009 -

July 4, 2012

Compliance Review

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Dec. 8, 2009

End Date: July 4, 2012

Has Compliance Report: No

Non-Compliance Found: Yes

Monitoring

Sept. 5, 2012 -

Dec. 5, 2014

Monitoring

Status: Closed With Output

Start Date: Sept. 5, 2012

End Date: Dec. 5, 2014

Closed

Sept. 5, 2012

Timeline

Documents

Name Category Description
Compliance Review Compliance Review

Related Complaints

Project IAM Country Date Filed Status
Bujagali-hydroelectric EIB CM Uganda 24/02/2009 Closed With Outputs