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Uganda Gets UGX 158 Billion Loan to Upgrade Masaka – Mbarara Power Line
21 Jun 2018, 18:02 Comments 205 Views Gulu, Uganda Business and finance Environment Science and technology Analysis

The 35 Million Euro financing agreement was signed this morning at the German Embassy in Kampala. Matia Kassaija, the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Managing Director Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited Willy K. Kiryahika represented the government of Uganda.
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Masaka District Drafts New Policy on Public Land Management
20 Jun 2018, 12:42 Comments 204 Views Environment Local government Interview

Masaka Chief Administrative Officer Martin Lukwago says they are formulating a policy to stop the new District Land Board from further issuance of free-hold titles on public land. Lukwago told URN in an interview that a lot of wrangles in the district have a bearing on the current land management disputes in the area.
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Anti-Deforestation Campaign Suffers Setback
19 Jun 2018, 19:36 Comments 271 Views Gulu, Uganda Agriculture Environment Northern Analysis

Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, the Gulu district LCV Chairperson says the taskforce should steer clear of corruption if it is to succeed in arresting the destruction of tropical rain forests in the region.
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Video Game Addiction A Mental Health Disorder- WHO
19 Jun 2018, 13:39 Comments 221 Views Environment Health Lifestyle Report

Although a small percentage of people across the world deal with this disorder, the World Health Organisation says that the number suffering from this mental health condition is enough to study the behavioural pattern and create a treatment program.
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New Palm Oil Cultivators Cautioned against Excitement
18 Jun 2018, 18:29 Comments 229 Views Kalangala, Uganda Business and finance Environment Feature

Deo Miiro Mpolampola, a farmer of Mwena Village B in Kalangala town Council says the promoters of the project exaggerated its benefits, creating misconceptions among the intending cultivators. According to Miiro, the Vegetable oil project has numerous challenges which the intending out-growers are not made to understand before embracing the project.
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Uganda Urged to Stick to Afforestation Commitments
18 Jun 2018, 14:38 Comments 195 Views Entebbe, Uganda Environment Report

Under the arrangement, Uganda has committed to reduce agricultural expansion to forest areas, reduce the use of wood sourced from Natural Forests, restore natural forests, and maintain the existing forested areas as well as improving and expanding Community Forest Management.
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Kampala's Stray Dogs Find Solace in Sole Animal Shelter
15 Jun 2018, 12:49 Comments 297 Views Kampala, Uganda East Africa Environment Lifestyle Feature

According to animal rights activists, animal welfare is a human responsibility that encompasses all animal well-being, including proper housing, management, nutrition, responsible care, humane handling, and when necessary humane euthanasia.
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Selective Eviction from Lubigi Wetland Irks Residents
13 Jun 2018, 11:37 Comments 337 Views Wakiso, Uganda Environment Misc Analysis

But a walk through the area shows that not everyone was evicted. Area residents cited a eucalyptus plantation owned by a businessman only identified as Ntaganda which still stands intact despite the destruction of acres of other plantations during the swoop.
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UPDF Joins Fight Against Deforestation In Northern Uganda
12 Jun 2018, 19:45 Comments 408 Views Gulu, Uganda Crime Environment Northern Report

Major Santos Okot Lapolo, the chairperson of Northern Uganda Joint Regional Security Committee says they resolved to co-opt the army after realizing that Police had been compromised by corruption.
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UPDF Colonel Evicted from Lwengo Wetland
12 Jun 2018, 16:41 Comments 289 Views Lwengo, Uganda Environment Interview

Col. Ryan Byamugisha, attached to Kasijjagirwa armored brigade had planted eucalyptus forest, banana and maize plantations on Kaku wetland.
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Chaos as Lubigi Wetland Evictions Enters Day Two
7 Jun 2018, 17:36 Comments 448 Views Wakiso, Uganda Environment Local government Report

Some residents started pelting police with stones prompting them to fire live bullets and tear gas to disperse them and close the access road.
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Car Plunges Into River Mpanga
7 Jun 2018, 10:34 Comments 373 Views Fort Portal, Uganda Environment Report

Walusansa says that the driver, who was from Fort Portal town, was driving on the wrong side of the road then failed to negotiate the corner at Njara. He blamed the accident on over speeding and reckless driving
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Mixed Feelings as Gov't Evicts Encroachers from Lubigi Wetland
6 Jun 2018, 15:51 Comments 296 Views Wakiso, Uganda Environment Analysis

Collins Oloya, the Commissioner Policy and Enforcement in the Ministry of Water and Environment, said the spread-out wetland has been prone to encroachers for many years.
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Massive Encroachment Threatens Zika Forest Top story
6 Jun 2018, 10:21 Comments 395 Views Entebbe, Uganda Environment Report

It is here that the Zika virus was first identified in 1947, by virologists Alexander Haddow and George Dick. It recently became a global centre of attraction when the virus that causes microcephaly, a congenital malformation in infants hit parts of Brazil.
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Another Lorry Plunges Into Nile at Karuma Bridge Top story
6 Jun 2018, 07:30 Comments 483 Views Gulu, Uganda Crime Environment Northern Breaking news

The truck spilled several strips of the palm poles onto the bridge as it plunged into the waterfalls, about 7.5 Meters deep. It is still unclear how many people were inside the ill-fated truck at the time of the accident.
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Amuru Police Protest Release of Seized Exhibits
5 Jun 2018, 18:21 Comments 369 Views Gulu, Uganda Crime Environment Northern Analysis

Last month, the suspects had been convicted to two and half years in prison or fine of 60 currency points - equivalent to 1.2 million shillings which the convicts opted to pay.
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Kitgum Residents Lease Out Land for Graphite Mining
3 Jun 2018, 16:22 Comments 529 Views Kitgum, Uganda Business and finance Environment Report

The surface right agreement is the latest breakthrough by the company in developing the one of the largest, high grade and high quality flake graphite deposits estimated to be over 200 million tons.
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Rio Tinto, Spa In Joint Venture to Accelerate Mineral Exploration In Kitgum
3 Jun 2018, 15:01 Comments 610 Views Business and finance Environment Northern Analysis

Copper-nickel are widely used for marine applications due to their excellent resistance to seawater corrosion, low macro fouling rates, and good fabric-ability whereas lead-zinc-silver Zinc is the third most used non-ferrous metal after aluminium and copper. About 50 of production is used for galvanizing steel to protect it from rust.
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Makindye Ssabagabo Municipality Struggles to Dispose Garbage
3 Jun 2018, 10:05 Comments 412 Views Entebbe, Uganda Environment Health Local government Report

Waste including plastics, polythene bags, clothes and food are dumped into trenches, blocking the flow of water especially in the rainy season.
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NFA Abandons Plans to Harvest Moroto Forest
2 Jun 2018, 15:15 Comments 461 Views Moroto, Uganda Environment Updates

Paul Buyerah, the acting Executive Director NFA says that they have embarked on community sensitization and planting of more trees in the area.
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Stories :: Category: Environment :: Accepted date: June 2018 Updated: 22 Jun, 12:1412:14

Stories :: Category: Environment :: Accepted date: June 2018
Updated: 22 Jun, 12:1412:14