environment
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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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Partners launch over Shs 69mln Climate Innovation Challenge for schools
KAMPALA– Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda [ECOTRUST] on Tuesday launched a US$ 18,565 [Shs 69,450,000] Climate Change Innovation Challenge for schools at an event that…
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Masindi authorities, partners to plant 30,000 trees in schools
MASINDI -In a bid to contribute to environmental conservation, 40 government-aided schools and private schools in Masindi district have started planting 30,000 tree seedlings. The initiative to plant the trees is a…
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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
AVSI injects Shs 73mln for agribusiness in Lira school
LIRA– The Association of Volunteers International Services [AVSI] a not-for-profit organisation based in Italy, has signed a pact with St Katherine Girls Secondary School in Lira City to skills students in agribusiness.…
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MPs quiz French diplomats over oil exploration
KAMPALA– Opposition Members of Parliament [MPs] want the French government to stop oil companies domiciled in the country from exploiting Uganda’s fossil fuels, especially oil, saying they are not adhering to Paris…
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First community greenhouse launched in Gulu City
GULU– A group of 25 local farmers in Laroo-Pece Division, Gulu City have embarked on greenhouse farming amidst the growing degradation of wetlands in the city. Obiya-Laroo Community PRELNOR Green House project…
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