Environment
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Wetlands disappearing three times faster than before due to population growth
SOROTI– Wetlands, amongst the world’s most economically valuable ecosystems and essential regulators of the global climate, are disappearing three times faster than forests, experts have warned. Wetlands include some of the most…
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MPs, minister clash over proposal to extend tax holiday for power company
KAMPALA – Parliament’s Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has started understudying the new Tax Bills for the Financial Year 2022/2023, with the legislators questioning government’s proposal to exempt Bujagali Power…
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Forests and trees can help world recover from multiple crises, new FAO report says
KAMPALA– With the world facing multiple crises including, COVID-19, conflicts, climate crisis and biodiversity loss, our forests can help us recover from their impact, but only if we step up action to…
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Government earmarks Shs500m for compensation in wildlife conservation areas
MASINDI– The government of Uganda through Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA] has earmarked Shs500 million for compensation of people in the wildlife conservation areas of Murchison Falls National Park. The wildlife compensation scheme…
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Encroachers forced to vacate Hoima Sugar Ltd land
KIKUUBE. Security agencies in the Bunyoro region days ago ordered more than 20,000 people who had encroached on Hoima Sugar Limited land to vacate. The encroachers were allowed to take with them…
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Revenue share to local governments from Murchison Falls National Park declines
MASINDI– The government through Uganda Wildlife Authority [[UWA] has resumed remitting money to districts that host Murchison Falls National Park as a share of the revenue generated from tourists that come to…
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Katakwi RDC directs police to arrest wetland encroachers
KATAKWI– The Katakwi Resident District Commissioner [RDC] Godfrey Katamba has directed the police to arrest and prosecute in courts of law people cultivating in wetlands. This comes as a section of members…
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Oil companies ready to invest 10 billion dollars in oil and gas sector
HOIMA – Sarah Birungi Banage, the Head Corporate Affairs Uganda National Oil Company [UNOC] has explained that oil companies under their joint ventures Total Energies Uganda, China National Offshore Oil Corporation CNOOC…
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Grief engulfs country as three lionesses are electrocuted
RUBIRIZI– Tragedy hit staff at Queen Elizabeth National Park and the country at large after three lionesses died Tuesday morning as they encountered an electric fence of nearby Irungu hotel that hosts tourists.…
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Lira LC5 turns down minister’s letter to suspend land board
LIRA -The Lira district LC5 Chairperson, Richard Cox Okello Orik has turned down a directive by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba to suspend six members of the…
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