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Activists poke holes in leaked Bugoma forest survey report

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A coalition of civil society organizations and environmental activists, under the Save Bugoma Forest campaign, have raised serious objections to a leaked survey report from the Ministry of Lands. The report, a copy which URN has seen, purportedly outlines findings related to the forest’s status …

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Agago residents say land marked by NFA as forest reserve is theirs

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  In a heated protest on Sunday evening, hundreds of residents stormed the Lira Kato Sub County offices in Agago district, destroying 59 concrete markers owned by the National Forestry Authority (NFA). These markers were intended for placement within an area claimed to be part …

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Equity Bank launches Kasese conservation forestry program

  Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank led by Executive Director Elizabeth Mwerinde Kasedde in partnership with the community, Million Trees International and Kasese District has embarked on a tree-planting campaign that will see over 7000 indigenous trees planted across the district to conserve the environment and combat …

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Nketiah handed start against Forest

Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest – 2.30pm Friday Burnley 0 Man City 3 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | For Arsenal’s first Premier League game of the season, Mikel Arteta has opted to make one change to his side that won last weekend’s Community Shield, with Eddie Nketiah coming into the …

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MAK 100 YEARS: Absa Bank Uganda plants 300 trees in Kabanyolo

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Staff from Absa Bank Uganda have planted 300 trees and adopted 100 indigenous trees at the Makerere University School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Botanical Garden. The new Botanical Garden is found at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute Kabanyolo, as part of the …

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Nottingham Forest ejects Arsenal

London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT |Lewis Grabban scored emphatically from close range in the dying minutes as Nottingham Forest ejected Arsenal from the FA Cup Sunday. FULL MATCH REPORT…. Head Coach Steve Cooper made three changes from the Huddersfield match with new signings Steve Cook and Keinan Davis making their …

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Can Gen Lokech win the war on illegal logging in Acholi?

Gen Lokech implicated RDCs, DPCs and politicians for abetting illegal logging and charcoal trade in Acholi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector General of Police-IGP Maj Gen Paul Lokech has accused security personnel in the Acholi region of abetting illegal logging and charcoal burning. Gen Lokech specifically pointed fingers …

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Kitgum district passes bill regulating charcoal production

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district council has passed the charcoal control and management ordinance aimed at regulating the production, transportation and marketing of charcoal. The bill was passed on Friday in honour of the former Kitgum district vice chairperson Billy Graham Odongkara who died in September. Odongkara was …

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Kitgum district leaders table bill to regulate charcoal production

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district council sectoral committee on production has drafted an ordinance to regulate the production, transportation and marketing of charcoal. The draft is in line with the resolution of the Joint Acholi Sub-Region Leader’s Forum-JASLF, which drafted the Acholi Sustainable Charcoal Production and Marketing Bill …

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