Hellen Liz Biyinzika2026-08-112026-08-112026-05-15https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12311/3495UndergraduateThe entire dissertation was examining the environmental laws in the extraction of oil and gas in Uganda. Confirming that Uganda has a very strong, firm environmental laws but the problem comes from the enforcement of these environmental laws and principles in the extraction of oil. Also comparing how other neighboring jurisdictions like Nigeria, Norway have dealt with the protection of the environment while extracting oil in Uganda. Countries like Nigeria have applied strict liability laws that were established in the case of Ryland v Fletcher [1868] LR 330 where a person brings onto his land something that is likely to cause harm and that non-natural thing escapes then the person is responsible for the damage. Such laws where incorporated in the Nigerian laws and therefore Uganda should also do the same in order to increase liability for the damage caused by the oil spills/ pollutions on the environment.enDissertation