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Over Shs 60mln in fines collected from illegal charcoal dealers
AMURU-Authorities in Amuru district local government authorities have so far raised over Shs 60 million in fines imposed on lorries loaded with charcoal from the district to cities like Kampala. The ongoing…
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Project launched to empower women environmentalists in Greater Masaka
MASAKA– Non-profit organisations – Masaka District Land Care Chapter [MADLACC] International Tree Foundation [ITF] and The Size of Wales, have launched a new project codenamed ”Gender and Climate Justice” in the Greater…
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Security deployed to guard Masaka forest reserves
MASAKA– Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF] officers and Environmental Police have been deployed to protect three forest reserves of Manwa, Jubiya, and Mujuzi in Bukakata Subcounty and Namirembe Forest Reserve in Kyanamukaka Subcounty…
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Development
Legislators mesmerised by factory extracting fuel from cassava
NWOYA– Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industry have commended Bukona Agro Processors Ltd, a local factory in Nwoya district that is manufacturing cooking fuel out of cassava. The…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bunyoro Kingdom officials, NFA clash over Budongo Forest
KIKUUBE– Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom officials and the National Forest Authority [ NFA ] are involved in a fresh conflict over the ownership Bugoma Central Forest Reserve. The two institutions are fighting over eight square…
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TotalEnergies launches initiative to protect environment
BULIISA-TotalEnergies has launched the Tilenga Biodiversity Programme aimed at protecting and conserving biodiversity in and around the Tilenga Project Area where some of the oil activities are taking place. Philippe Groueix, the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
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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Cooperatives & Communities
Lockdown woes: Gulu boda boda riders resort to vending charcoal
At least 5000 members of Gulu City Boda boda Association have resorted to vending charcoal to supplement their reduced earnings following the national lockdown instituted due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Gulu City…
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