Uganda, April 4 -- At the feet of the winding ranges of the Great Rift Valley, overlooking the lucid waters of the Albert in mid-Western Uganda lies the Kingfisher Development Area, one of Uganda's oil fields.

From a vantage point, scattered settlements in the company of construction sites and imposing machinery line the peninsular that hosts the Kingfisher oil field. It is a beehive of activity here. The drilling rig, whose launch President Museveni termed a milestone, hasn't rested since it was installed in January last year. It runs 24 hours to open the way for the crude to leave the reservoirs deep below the surface.

This is all in an attempt to align with Uganda's plans to have her first oil flow out in late 2025, possibly stretchi...