Stories :: Category: Science and technology :: Accepted date: August 2019

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• Uganda's Tomatoes Highly Contaminated - Report Top story

  16 Aug 2019, 10:30 Comments 679 Views Kampala, Uganda Agriculture Environment Science and technology Updates

  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.

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• UIA Holding Illegal Land Title for Karamoja Industrial Park

  13 Aug 2019, 18:09 Comments 226 Views Kampala, Uganda Human rights Crime Science and technology Breaking news

  The commission declared the land title illegal following investigations into its procurement processes by the Uganda Investment Authority - UIA while buying the land in 2011. The Commission says Uganda Investment Authority illegally dispossessed more than 2,000 people of their customary land when it acquired the land from improper owners.

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• Use of Lethal Chemicals for Leather Tanning Worries Scientists Top story

  11 Aug 2019, 13:01 Comments 371 Views Business and finance Environment Science and technology Updates

  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.

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• CARITAS Introduces Solar Cookstoves to Refugees in Uganda

  10 Aug 2019, 16:11 Comments 363 Views Kampala, Uganda Human rights Environment Science and technology Updates

  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.

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• Renewable Energy Alternatives Can Tame Deforestation -Farmers

  9 Aug 2019, 19:49 Comments 325 Views Kampala, Uganda Agriculture Environment Science and technology Report

  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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• Construction of Kiyindi-Buvuma Ferry nears Completion

  9 Aug 2019, 09:27 Comments 274 Views Mukono, Uganda Business and finance Security Science and technology Report

  The vessel is assembled by the Southern Engineering Co. Ltd-SECO, a marine and offshore engineering company based in Kenya to replace the old ferry which has been reportedly breaking down often, condemning residents to the use of canoes and cargo boats for transport.

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• 14 Issues Identified Under Fourth National Development Plan – NDP III Pillar

  9 Aug 2019, 07:41 Comments 228 Views Kampala, Uganda Human rights Environment Science and technology Updates

  The first three pillars advocate for the promotion of inclusive development and sustainability of economic progress of the country in view of leaving no one behind. They are related to industrialization of the country, development of human capital and Value addition, as the country strives towards a middle-income country under the Vision 2040.

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• Crude Oil Pipeline to Displace 400 Households

  6 Aug 2019, 07:50 Comments 374 Views Kampala, Uganda Human rights Environment Science and technology Updates

  According to the Environment and Social Impact Assessment Report (ESIA) of the project, some of the affected persons will temporarily or permanently lose their land to the development. The report notes that compensation of the affected persons will cause controversies as speculators dive in to cash in on oil money.

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• Lake Victoria Water Level Overtakes Average

  6 Aug 2019, 07:13 Comments 209 Views Kampala, Uganda Agriculture Environment Science and technology Updates

  An analysis of data collected during the season indicates that water levels in the major lakes in the basin - Lake Victoria, Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert, Lake Edward, Lake Tana and Nasser in the basin increased due to rise in the amount of precipitation.

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• Breakdown of New Street Lights Alarm Gulu Residents

  1 Aug 2019, 17:57 Comments 248 Views Gulu, Uganda Business and finance Local government Science and technology Interview

  Emmanuel Okanokodi, a concerned resident expressed doubts over the competence of Gulu municipal authorities in maintaining the street lights. He said several lights have malfunctioned and no body is bothered about them.

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