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Experts warn of more landslides in Bugisu
MBALE – Environment experts have predicted more landslides and floods in Bugisu Sub-region if people ignore interventions designed to mitigate climate change effects. Moses Mugisha, an environmentalist, blamed the disasters on poor…
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Health
Masaka wetlands degraded due to inadequate funding- top official
MASAKA– More than 42 square kilometres of the wetlands’ buffer zones in Masaka district have been degraded due to a lack of enough funds for monitoring and enforcement of regulations, a senior…
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East Africa
Enry’s Island Africa enters the Metaverse with powerful first event for African entrepreneurs
NAIROBI-Enry’s Island, the first worldwide distributed platform for startup incubation and acceleration launched Enry’s Island Africa both in-person and in the Metaverse for a powerful, immersive experience. The in-person event, launched days…
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Environment
UMC, Greenwatch train journalists on climate change
KAMPALA -The Uganda Media Council [UMC] has partnered with Greenwatch Uganda, an environmental rights advocacy organisation, to train journalists from across Uganda on how best they can report on climate change. The…
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Museveni wants taxes on sugar confectionaries dropped
KAMPALA– President Yoweri Museveni wants parliament to reconsider the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2022 before he can sign it into law. Museveni wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among raising concern…
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Environment
Illegal sand mining threatening Kasese rivers
KASESE -As sand mining activities continue to thrive in Kasese district unregulated, the major rivers, the natural flow of rivers like Nyamwamba, Nyamugasana, Mubuku, and Rwembyo, is being affected due to silting…
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Environment
Fort Portal City authorities embark on conserving environment
FORT PORTAL-Authorities in Fort Portal City have embarked on plans of restoring all the depleted wetlands in the city that are currently under the threat of extinction. The Fort Portal City Senior…
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Health
Fort Portal City gets regional emergency health centre
FORT PORTAL– The Ministry of Health in partnership with the Centre for Disease Control [CDC] and Baylor Uganda has constructed the regional emergency public health operations centre in Fort Portal City. The…
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Environment
Govt partners with World Bank to restore wetlands
SOROTI– The Ministry of Water and Environment with support from the World Bank has started a two-year project codenamed “Integrated Water Management and Development Project”, aimed at restoring wetlands in Sezibwa River…
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Rwanda to host 2022 World Circular Economy Forum in December
KIGALI– The World Circular Economy will, for the first time, take place on African soil in 2022, bringing together participants from around the world to absorb lessons from the continent and the…
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