The district forest officer, James Ocaka says that the money was raised in the first quarter of the financial year 2018/2019.
Read more ...The county chiefs are also questioning the circumstances under which 22 square miles of the forest reserve land was leased out for 99 years to Hoima sugar at only shs 3 billion.
Read more ...Dr. David Alobo, the Executive Director Xsabo Group says they downgraded the capacity of the plant from 2 Megawatts to 500KW after a baseline assessment indicated that it will adequately meet the current demands of the area.
Read more ...They say defiance of residents to bury or burn the carcass of animals killed by the disease is complicating their efforts.
Read more ...The debate comes barely a month after a declaration by agriculture ministry officials that the government was considering a ban on Nomadic Pastoralism in order to promote crop farming and paddock grazing in order to reduce food insecurity and increase family incomes.
Read more ...Obbo says that a number of land title are in areas which are targeted for several government projects including the awaited multi billion Bukasa Inland Port among others. He says that all people occupying the land whose titles have been canceled will not be compensated when the said projects kick off since they are illegally occupying the land in question.
Read more ...Majbrit Holm Jakobsen, the Head of Mission at the Royal Danish Embassy of Denmark in Uganda said NURI is one of the eight programs within DANIDA portfolio allocated the largest budget allocation to deliver the desired results.
Read more ...The residents claim the area was gazetted into a game reserve while they were in Internally Displaced Camps during the rebel Lord`s Resistance Army-LRA insurgency.
Read more ...Sarafino Ojara, the head catechist at Awach Assumption parish eulogized the oldest man in Ludera can as a beacon of peace, which held the clan fabric together through the difficult times of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) conflict.
Read more ...Bugoma Central Forest Reserve, covering 410 square kilometres of a protected area, and a stretch of forest measuring 40 kilometres, is a tropical forest in Kikuube district, gazzeted in the 1930s and taken over by the National Forestry Authority in 2003.
Read more ...During the event that was held at Mpanga market in Fort Portal on Saturday, the king observed that the river, which is the biggest water source in the kingdom, was being eaten way by garbage and silt and the water levels had drastically reduced.
Read more ...Bishop Zziwa says the decision has been taken to protect Mother Nature and humanity from the harmful effects of polythene bags. He said food wrapped or packed in Kaveera will not be tolerated at the shrine adding that pilgrims should use paper bags and other biodegradable bags for carrying their belongings to the shrine.
Read more ...The report shows that African elephant populations have fallen from an estimated 12 million a century ago, to 400,000. It adds that the decline is of concern because even in well-established and protected elephant populations, the annual losses to illegal killing and other mortalities are not being compensated by birth rates.
Read more ...Vendors say that they have repeatedly asked the area leaders to shift the garbage site in vain, and as a result, they are forced to dump garbage in the wetland.
Read more ...Rose Atto, the school headteacher, says they urgently need 100 million shillings to fix the affected roofs before the second term opens in two weeks’ time.
Read more ...Reports indicate that up to 25 grass thatched houses were set ablaze and 200 people displaced as a result of the clashes that erupted early today. Akaa Sub County chairman Felix Orom says that the two clans have had a long-standing dispute over the land.
Read more ...Patrick Kinyera, the Gulu district secretary for works and technical services says the roads will connect newly created sub counties with old sub counties in the northern Uganda district.
Read more ...The winners, selected from a pool of more than 2,600 applications, will get a combined USD 25 million, mentoring from Artificial Intelligence experts at Google, credit and consulting from Google Cloud, and go through a new accelerator program. Each of the projects was assessed for impact, feasibility, and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence.
Read more ...Muzamiru Tuhamire, a resident of Kyengangara cell, says the storm blew off the roof top of his shop and destroyed worth Shillings 2 million.
Read more ...Muhammed Munyasi, a businessman dealing mainly in agro-produce attributes the alarming food prices to poor storage mechanisms used in the country.
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