Evicted and Abandoned

Uganda

19 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 31% of all the World Bank-financed projects in Uganda. An estimated 55,318 people were displaced by 9 projects. The World Bank doesn't have information on the effects produced by the rest.

Top 3 projects per estimated # people physically or economically displaced

Click on the project name to see more details. (Data updated as of December 31, 2014. Read more.)

* = This project was administered by the World Bank but paid through another financier.

Confirmed displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost Displaced people (estimated)
Electricity Sector Development Project Jun. 30, 2011 Active $120M 13,596
Uganda Transport Sector Development Project Dec. 10, 2009 Active $190M 12,882
Uganda: Energy for Rural Transformation APL-2 Apr. 6, 2009 Active $75M 12,239
Kampala Institutional and Infrastructure Development Project Nov. 6, 2007 Closed $33.6M 1,118
Uganda Power Sector Development Project Apr. 26, 2007 Closed $300M 1
UG - Private Power Generation (Bujagali) Project Apr. 26, 2007 Active $115M 9,310
Uganda Public Service Performance Enhancement Program (UPS-PEP) Jun. 20, 2006 Closed $70M 56
East Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation Project Jan. 24, 2006 Active $199M 1,191
Third Phase of the Road Development Program Sep. 2, 2004 Closed $107.6M 4,925
Possible displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost
Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) May. 9, 2013 Active $100M
Water Management and Development Project Jun. 26, 2012 Active $135M
Transforming the Settlements of the Urban Poor in Uganda - A Secondary Cities Support Programme (TSUPU) Aug. 24, 2010 Closed $2.7M*
Second Northern Uganda Social Action Fund Project (NUSAF2) May. 28, 2009 Active $100M
Post Primary Education and Training Program Mar. 31, 2009 Closed $150M
Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase II Mar. 3, 2009 Active $90M
OBA in Kampala - Water Connections for the Poor May. 1, 2008 Closed $3M*
Local Government Management and Services Delivery Project Dec. 18, 2007 Closed $55M
Uganda Water Small Towns and RGCs Feb. 7, 2007 Closed $3.2M*
Millennium Science Initiative May. 25, 2006 Closed $30M
Projects with complaints
Project name Approval date Status Cost Displaced people (estimated)
UG - Private Power Generation (Bujagali) Project Apr. 26, 2007 Active $115M 9,310