Being landlocked, Uganda has no other way to get its oil to market. This is the racist West telling Africans they need to stay impoverished so wealthy europeans can feel virtuous.
Reminds me of the South Park episode about the Rainforest...
“You white Americans make me sick!
You waste food, oil, and everything
else because you’re so rich, and then
you tell the rest of the world to save
the rainforest because you like its
pretty flowers.”
Dripping with (s)