Masaka, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Reach A Hand Africa (RAHA) has urged young people across the country to actively participate in the government’s monthly National Cleaning Day initiative, describing environmental cleanliness as a shared responsibility that is critical to protecting public health and building resilient communities. The call was made …
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The common historical outcome of such government programmes is usually tyranny and coercion. COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | On Saturday, 25th July, I was woken up by the terrifying fracas of dozens of men banging my gate, almost breaking it and hurling insults at whoever might be inside …
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Mukono, Uganda | URN | At the stroke of 7am on Saturday, Mukono town ground to a halt. Streets that normally bustle with matatus, boda-bodas and traders fell silent. Security personnel sealed off the main routes. No vehicles moved. The first National Cleaning Day had begun. The nationwide directive, announced by …
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Busia, Uganda | URN | Business was paralyzed at the Busia, Uganda-Kenya border for four hours on Saturday as the police and other authorities enforced the government’s directive of general cleaning. Police manned road blocks on the streets of Tororo, Majanji Road, Jinja Road, Customs and other roads, among others. …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Minister of State for Industry, David Bahati, has urged manufacturers to play an important role in creating cleaner and safer communities. “A clean environment does not belong to one group, one sector or one community. It is a shared responsibility that unites us …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort portal city authorities have revived the monthly “clean Fort portal campaign” in a bid to reclaim its past glory as one of the cleanest Towns in the country. In the past, every last Friday of each month was dedicated to a general cleaning …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has proposed that a service provider contracted to clean the city shall be awarded a 12-month contract which is renewable only once upon satisfactory performance. For close to ten years, cleaning services in Kampala have been provided by divisional Savings …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
