{"id":10746,"date":"2023-11-30T17:04:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=10746"},"modified":"2023-11-30T17:11:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:11:11","slug":"ban-on-export-of-unprocessed-minerals-to-stay-minister-lokeris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ban-on-export-of-unprocessed-minerals-to-stay-minister-lokeris\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban On Export of Unprocessed Minerals To Stay \u2013 Minister Lokeris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Zulfah Namatovu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

in Munyonyo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister of State for Energy Peter Lokeris has restated \u00a0the government’s position to \u00a0ban the export of \u00a0unrefined minerals which was imposed in February 2015 by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. He said that the ban \u00a0will not be lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister Lokeris explained that President Museveni imposed a moratorium on the export of unprocessed iron ore and other minerals in a bid to spur the growth of local industries through value addition and create employment opportunities for Ugandans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary Eng. Irene Batebe and State Minister Lokeris <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For that reason, Lokeris reiterated that the government\u2019s ban will stay. He made the remarks while officiating at the launch of the International Conference on Great Lakes Region \u2013 ICGLR Certificate for Uganda at the Speke Resort Munyonyo . The conference was aimed at promoting mineral traceability, accountability, and transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of the ICGLR Mineral Tracking and Certification Scheme is to provide for sustainable conflict-free mineral chains between Member States to eliminate support to armed groups that sustain conflict and related human rights abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eng. Irene Pauline Bateebe, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development said  attaining the ICGLR Certificate underscores Uganda\u2019s commitment to put in place regional and international market requirements on transparent mineral trade to curb the illegal exploitation of natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eng.Bateebe  said that  the Ministry has already formalized the Artisanal Mining Sector by establishing a biometric registration system for miners in the country, and constructed several mineral beneficiation centers among other measures to help the government achieve its value-addition targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Ambassador Jo\u00e3o Samuel Caholo, the Executive Secretary of ICGLR commended Uganda for being the 5th model Member State of the 12 riparian countries which attained the certificate after ratifying the protocol on the fight against illegal exploitation of natural resources in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The issuance of the ICGLR Certificate was introduced as part of the Implementation of the Pact on Security, Stability, and Development as enshrined in the Great Lakes Region Act 11 of 2018 to prevent the illegal exploitation of and illicit trade in designated minerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 12 riparian countries, Uganda now becomes the 5th member state in the issuance of the certificate after DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania while six other Member States such as Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Central African Republic \u2013 CAR are yet to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The Great Lakes Region gave the force of law in Uganda through the Mining and Minerals Act, of 2022 which provides for the illegal exploitation of and illicit trade in designated minerals such as gold, cassiterite, wolframite, and coltan originating in the territory of the Member States, that are subject to the provisions of the ICGLR Mineral Tracking and Certification Scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Natural Resource Governance Institute, several industrial products such as cobalt, copper, gold, iron ore, tantalite, steel, and lithium among others form Uganda’s extractive sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Zulfah Namatovu in Munyonyo The Minister of State for Energy Peter Lokeris has restated \u00a0the government’s position to \u00a0ban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[360],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minerals-national-development"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ire-scaled.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4220,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/state-minister-for-minerals-hon-lokeris-commissions-wagagai-gold-mining-uganda-project-in-busia\/","url_meta":{"origin":10746,"position":0},"title":"State Minister for Minerals Hon. 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