Majid Busiito, the the Bubyangu Sub county LCIII chairperson told URN that he has written severally to the district informing them about the sorry state of the road but nothing has been done.
Read more ...Patrick Okello Oyrema, the Nwoya LCV Chairperson says that drilling of each of the 21 deep boreholes is estimated to cost 21 million shillings and work is expected to start in two months time.
Read more ...LPG was exempt from taxation in 2006. But the tax was re-introduced in 2015 with the hope that the country would start producing its own gas when oil starts flowing. They now attract an 18 per cent VAT.
Read more ...Dr Deogratious Ssekimpi, the Executive Director of Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational Health-UNACOH, says the scientific analysis found that the number of tomatoes contaminated with the harmful pesticide residues gets worse at the end of June as the first cropping season March - June planting season comes to an end.
Read more ...The five-year grant named Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture (ProCSA) will be spent towards building resilience of small holder farmers to adverse effects of Climate Change, enhancing capacity of local governments to integrate issues of Climate Change in their planning process and measurement of the contributions of agriculture in reducing emissions to greenhouse gasses responsible for global warming.
Read more ...In a land use and registration sensitization meeting held at Pajulu Sub County headquarters, the Area MP Ayivu Bernard Atiku cautioned the indigenous people in Ayivu against unlawful evictions.
Read more ...Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed that the Minister of Water and Environment, Sam Cheptoris appears before Parliament and explain the destruction of Bugoma Central Forest Reserve.
Read more ...Towns in the districts of Bushenyi, Mitooma, Buhweju, and Sheema are operating without a single lagoon.
Read more ...Artisanal miners often mix water with chemical elements like chlorine, bromine, fluorine and iodine to dissolve gold from gold ore. Now residents argue that this is exposing them to toxic bleaches, putting lives of neighbouring communities at risk.
Read more ...Mariam Kaberuka, the chairperson Nakaseke hospital Management Committee, says a survey done by health inspector shows negligence on the part of the occupants, which explains the sorry state of the staff quarters.
Read more ...Data, in relation to Kampala’s water supply, was collected from Kalimali communal sanitation block in Bwaise, Namuwongo, Nateete, Kalerwe and Kyebando, all in the outskirts of Kampala. The settlements form combinations of intermittent, undrinkable and un-affordable water supply for the inhabitants.
Read more ...One of the seven monumental trees was planted in front of Uganda Martyrs Minor Basilica in Munyonyo, where the execution orders of the 45 Ugandan martyrs was passed by the then Kabaka of Buganda, Mwanga II. The others were planted in Namugongo Martyrs Shrine and Lubaga Cathedral, the Cradle of Catholic Church and pioneer Missionaries to Uganda.
Read more ...The tree had a special value to the culture of people across Uganda. In Ankole, the fig tree was a must-have for every home and every place where locals would gather for meetings and administrative units. The tree would also be planted at graveyards and other sacred places.
Read more ...Wanyama says that although it is still hard to tan leather without chromium, several research studies point to the dangers associated with the metal chemical, especially in advancing diseases such as cancer. Ssekandi is one of the Hide & Skin exporter in Uganda who through his company Leather land Limited process leather up to wet blue.
Read more ...NEMA Executive Director Dr Tom Okurut says that although the public may have an ignorance-based bias on the utilisation of wetlands to satisfy man’s needs, it doesn’t make the activities illegal as many presume.
Read more ...Muganzi was recently implicated for constructing houses and planting eucalyptus trees in Mugunu Wetland in Kabarole District.
Read more ...CARITAS Uganda says accessing such biomass is often unsafe and environmentally unsustainable as most of the staple foods distributed to refugees – beans and peas - require a considerable time and fuel to cook. It says that in order to save on firewood, people living in camps often undercook their food, skip meals, sell or barter their food rations for fuelwood.
Read more ...The trenches stretch from Akuridia through Bombay, Apala A and Apala B villages, all in Juma and Zambia Parishes in Kamdini Sub County, a distance of 17 kilometres. Wilfred Chemutai, the UWA Karuma Sector Chief Warden is optimistic this would stop animals from crossing into the community because elephants and Buffaloes usually find it difficult to jump or cross trenches.
Read more ...The president believes that many Ugandans do not use their abundant land and labour to create wealth. He was closing a two-day West Nile Investment Symposium which ended last evening at Muni University in Arua district.
Read more ...They say that the approach should be integrated with the operationalization of the tree fund stipulated under the Environment and the National Tree Planting Act and implemented under their National umbrella association, the Uganda Farmers Common Voice Platform.
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