environment
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Energy & Mining
Busitema University, Chinese gold company sign deal to improve skills
TORORO-Busitema University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Wagagai Mining [U] Limited in a bid to improve the quality of the university’s students doing engineering-related courses. The collaboration between the academic…
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Environment
Tooro King urges the public to conserve environment
FORT PORTAL -The King of Tooro, His Majesty Dr.Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has urged his subjects and the general public to conserve the environment to mitigate climate change effects. King…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Scotish funeral co-op faces strike action over pay dispute
GLASGOW-Members of trade union Unite employed in the manufacture of coffins for Co-operative Funeral Care have voted for strike action in a dispute over pay, reports Coop News. An initial week of…
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Energy & Mining
MPs ask govt to invest in cheaper and clean energy
KAMPALA– Members of Parliament have questioned government’s continued investment in thermal energy as opposed to cheaper and clean energy. During the Tuesday plenary sitting, the MPs said should put money into sustainable…
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News
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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News
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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