Olivia Nabukenya, the Masindi district Environment officer says that more than Eight thousand trees have been planted along riverbanks in the district as part of the restoration drive.
Read more ...According to Kamese, NAPE together with the Uganda National Association of Community and Occupation Health - UNACO introduced artisanal miners to the borax method, a technique of artisanal gold mining, which uses borax as a flux to purify gold.
Read more ...Joseph Telo, a resident of Rupa Sub County observes that while communities are taken by surprise on some land issues, the area leadership is ware of the process that land grabbers use to take over their land.
Read more ...At the reopening, government put in place guidelines including requirements that only allowed Ugandan citizens to access and mine, a ban on the use of mercury in the mines as well as reduction in the mining time from 8:00am to 6:30pm.
Read more ...The Chairperson Ssese Islands Tourism Development Association, Joyce Kikomeko opposes the degazettment of the forest reserve since it preserves many tourism sites including the Henry Stanley and John Speke sites.
Read more ...Bernard Bamwine, the Spokesperson of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, says they have allowed the petitioners to stay longer in the compound and use peaceful means to present their petition.
Read more ...The Church has offered to operate a main waste management centre in Masaka municipality, which is going to be the central collection site from other mini station established at parish levels.
Read more ...The district has been experiencing the dry spell since mid-June throughout the month of July to date. The farmers say harsh weather has caused crops like maize, beans, millet, sorghum and groundnuts that were planted early in May to wither.
Read more ...Alex Musoke, who chose not to be recorded so as to speak freely on the matter told URN that they sell a basin of marijuana at Shs25,000 in trading centers like Lukaya, Kayabwe, Buwama, Nsangi, Kyengera, Gombe and Kasanje in Mpigi, Kalungu and Wakiso districts.
Read more ...Over 30 families in tongolo village in Njeru municipality have abandoned their homes due to heavy rains that flood in their houses ending up destroying them and their properties. They have resorted to renting and others have shifted to other villages.
Read more ...Last year, Uganda National Roads Authority re-valued the land after residents complained that the money that was initially paid to them in 2015 was inadequate.
Read more ...Mohammed Ahmed, the Director Atiak Sugar Project, says the out growers will learn different farming practices including land preparation, planting and fertilizer application techniques as well as modern pests and weed control strategies.
Read more ...The Kitgum district LC 5 Chairperson, Jackson Omona, says his leadership will not tolerate anyone who defies the resolution passed by the district banning the commercial production and trade in tree products in the district.
Read more ...The encroachers have planted eucalyptus trees in Kiculeta and Karamaga wetlands in South Division Fort Portal to cut them down.
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