Article 244 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda provides for the enactment of legislation by Parliament to regulate the exploitation of minerals and the sharing of royalties. As is publically known Uganda has of recent confirmed the existence of commercial quantities of oil in the western part of the country. In accordance with article 244, Parliament recently passed two pieces of legislation: the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production Act), 2012 and the Petroleum (Refining, Gas Processing and Conversion, Transportation and Storage) Act, 2013. However Parliament is yet to pass the draft Public Finance Bill 2012 which envisages the payment of royalties. Clause 71(8) thereof provides that “a district may in consultation with the Ministries responsible for culture and local governments grant a share of the royalties due to the district, to a cultural or traditional institution”. Clause 71(6) and (7) and schedule 7 of the Public Finance Bill provides for a formula for sharing revenue from royalties among districts. Other Measures: The recently passed Oil laws take this right into consideration upstream and midstream activities. . Other Bills in place include;  Oil Financing  Exploration Act ARTICLE 22: The Right to Economic, Social and Cultural Development Legislative measures: The Constitution provides for the right to economic, social and cultural development under articles 26, 29, 30, 31, 37 and 40 respectively. Other Policy Measures: In order to ensure prosperity for all citizens, government of Uganda launched a 5-Year National Development Plan (NDP) 2010/11-2014/15 in 2010. This national development framework is a successor to the previous one popularly referred to as (PEAP) the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP). This new strategic arrangement has its theme focused on: “Growth, Employment and Socio-economic Transformation for prosperity”. The National Development Plan contributes to Uganda’s Vision of “a transformed Ugandan society from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country within 30 years”. In order to achieve this vision, the National Development Plan has been designed to significantly improve specific critical development indicators associated with transformation. These include: 1. Raising average per capita income levels; 2. Improving the labor force distribution in line with sectoral GDP shares 3. Raising the country human development indicators; and 4. Improving the country’s competitiveness to levels associated with middle income countries. On 18th April 2013, His Excellency, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of the Republic of Uganda launched the Uganda Vision 2040. This vision builds on the progress that has been made in addressing the strategic bottlenecks that have constrained Uganda’s socio-economic development since her independence. The Uganda Vision 040 aspires to change the country from a predominantly low income to a competitive upper middle income country within 30 years with per capita income of USD 9,500. It sets the goals and targets to be achieved to realize this desired socio-economic transformation. The Uganda Vision 2040 is conceptualized around strengthening the fundamentals of the economy to harness the abundant opportunities around the country. The opportunities include, oil and gas, tourism, minerals, ICT business, 28