A class action suit has been filed in court against the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. for additional compensation to 557 people who previously received compensation for loss of land to the transmission line. The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman of the International Finance Corporation is mediating an out-of-court settlement of this dispute. Implementation of THE Management Action Plan 1 below summarizes the status of actions taken under the MAP. Please see Annex 1 for a more detailed description of activities. Table 1: Status of MAP Implementation Issues Actions (Initial Commitment) Status MAP General Institutional Capacity Management will follow up on: Establishment of a Project Monitoring Committee Agency Coordination Committee) Completed Strengthening of capacities of BEL Environment and Social Unit (ESU) Completed Guidance on Environmental and Social Safeguard Issues in Legacy Projects Management will develop guidance on how to address environmental and social safeguard issues in legacy projects that suffer significant interruptions in implementation. Completed Social Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures Vulnerable Groups (OP4.12) Management will follow up on BEL’s programs, with timetable and targeted activities, to address needs of vulnerable groups. Completed Cultural and Spiritual Values Physical Cultural Resources and Cultural Property Management Plan (OP4.11) Management will follow up on Government of Uganda (GoU) commitments to ensure that the required capacities and resources are in place for the Government – coordinated by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), and including Local Councils – to update and implement the Cultural Property Management Plan (CPMP), which was part of the 2002 Resettlement and Community Development Action Plan (RCDAP) by June 2009. Completed BEL will update the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contractor’s Code of Practice (which is covered in the 2007 CPMP developed by the Contractor) to include “chance find” procedures. Completed Environment Assessment and Mitigation Measures Independent Panel of Experts (OP4.01 and OP13.05) BEL will review the Environment and Social Independent PoE reports and disclose them by end-2008. Completed Ongoing Supervision Activities
General Institutional Capacity Management will follow up on: Coordination arrangements of the MEMD Project Coordination Committee; and Completed The National Forest Authority (NFA) implementation capacity for the SMP for the Kalagala Site and Mabira Central Forest Reserve. The Bank will continue to monitor the implementation of the SMP. Completed Social Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures Remedial Steps for Updating and Completion of Baseline Information (OP4.12) Management will ensure that: Findings from the socio-economic survey (which will be completed by March 2009) are integrated into the Community Development Action Plan (CDAP) by BEL in its design of subproject activities; Completed findings are reported in BEL’s Quarterly Environment and Social Monitoring; Completed BEL will undertake an enhanced socio-economic survey to support and fully achieve livelihood restoration. It will enhance its database of household survey data and capacity building for monitoring and evaluating impacts of livelihood restoration and community development. Through technical assistance from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), BEL will improve the socio-economic database. Completed Sharing of Project Benefits (OP4.12) Management will follow up with BEL on yearly updated needs assessments that are used to adjust CDAP activities, responding to priorities of Project affected people. Completed Environment Assessment and Mitigation Measures Environment Management Plan and Kalagala Falls Site (OP4.01) Management will monitor progress of BEL’s ongoing afforestation activities (79 hectares completed; additional 125 hectares by end-2008; 196 hectares by end-2009) as part of the EMP jointly implemented by BEL, District Environmental Officer, District Forest Officer, and LC1. Completed Management will follow up on completion by NFA of the SMP for the Kalagala Site, which includes the Mabira Central Forest Reserve by June 2009, including tourism development program. Completed Cumulative Impacts: Climate Change and Hydrology Risks; Potential Impacts on Lake Victoria; Alternative Project Configurations (OP4.01) Management will follow up on the GoU’s commitment to disclose the Lake Victoria hydrological (water releases) information and make it available to the East African Community (EAC). Completed
Annex 1 Detailed Status of activities in the MAP Issues Actions (Initial Commitment) Status MAP General Institutional Capacity Management will follow up on: Establishment of a Project Monitoring Committee (Inter Agency Coordination Committee); and Completed. The Committee was established in January 2009 and met on a bi-monthly basis to monitor Project activities. The Joint Lenders’ Supervision Mission of November 2011 confirmed the satisfactory performance of the two committees that were established to facilitate coordination at inter-agency and sub-national levels. Strengthening of capacities of BEL ESU. Completed. BEL hired four new staff in the ESU and increased its on-site training and monitoring of the CDAP. Several environmental and social safeguards training sessions were held during the period 2010-2012. Guidance on Environmental and Social Safeguards Issues in Legacy Projects Management will develop guidance on how to address environmental and social safeguards issues in legacy projects that suffer significant interruptions in implementation. Completed. The Interim Guidelines for Addressing Legacy Issues in Bank Projects were completed and disclosed in 2009. Social Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures Vulnerable Groups (OP4.12) Management will follow up on BEL’s programs, with timetable and targeted activities, to address needs of vulnerable groups. Completed. BEL completed all activities as outlined in the Social and Environmental Action Plan community designed programs for vulnerable and at-risk groups. Management reviewed BEL’s activities/programs and assessed them as satisfactory. Cultural and Spiritual Values Physical Cultural Resources and Cultural Property Management Plan (OP4.11) Management will follow up on GoU commitments to ensure that the required capacities and resources are in place for the Government – coordinated by the MEMD, and including Local Councils – to update and implement the CPMP, which was part of the 2002 RCDAP by June 2009; and Completed. The CPMP was disclosed in country and in the Bank’s InfoShop in August 2010. Ceremonies for the Bujagali spirits relocation site and the accompanying appeasement ceremonies were completed in 2011. BEL will update the EPC Contractor’s Code of Practice (which is covered in the 2007 Completed. Management assessed monitoring and reporting by BEL of the CPMP, including the EPC Contractor’s Code of Practice for “chance find” procedures, and found them to be satisfactory.
evaluating impacts of livelihood restoration and community development; and through technical assistance (from MIGA), BEL will improve the socio-economic database. Sharing of Project Benefits (OP4.12) Management will follow up with BEL on yearly updated needs assessments that are used to adjust CDAP activities, responding to priorities of Project affected people. Completed. Management followed up with BEL on progress in delivery of services in Naminya Resettlement Area and directly affected villages. Provision of water supply services and market stalls is complete. Construction of the electricity distribution network and connection of households and a health center to the power grid is also complete at the Naminya Resettlement Area. As of November 2016, the overall connection is at 575 households, exceeding the minimum target number of connections, which was set at 500. Environmental Assessment and Mitigation Measures Environment Management Plan and Kalagala Falls Site(OP4.01) Management will monitor progress of BEL’s ongoing afforestation activities (79 hectares completed; additional 125 hectares by end-2008; 196 hectares by end-2009) as part of the EMP jointly implemented by BEL, District Environmental Officer, District Forest Officer, and LC1. Completed. Target of 444 hectares reforested. Management assessed as satisfactory BEL’s ongoing afforestation activities. Management will follow up on completion by NFA of the SMP for the Kalagala Site, which includes the Mabira Central Forest Reserve by June 2009, including tourism development program. Completed. The Kalagala Falls Site SMP, including the Mabira Central Forest Reserve, was completed in 2010 by the International Conservation Union-Uganda, under contract with the Project, and its implementation launched by the GoU in 2011. The Bank will continue to monitor the implementation of the SMP. Cumulative Impacts: Climate Change and Hydrology Risks; Potential Impacts on Lake Victoria; Alternative Project Configurations (OP4.01) Management will follow up on the GoU’s commitment to disclose the Lake Victoria hydrological (water releases) information and make it available to the EAC. Completed. The GoU disclosed the Lake Victoria hydrological (water releases) data starting in 2008 and, since then, the information has been made available to the EAC on a regular basis.