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VIDEO: Wakiso chairman blames NEMA, Lands Ministry for negligence Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | There is a blame game among authorities of government supposed to protect wetlands in Kampala and Wakiso districts over issuing out more than 17,000 land titles. In the first part of NTV’s features on the disappearing …

THIS WEEK: Uganda needs 400bn for conservation – UN The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has tasked Uganda to raise an annual fee of Shs418billion to finance management and conservation of its endangered animal and plant species. Almaz Gebru, the country director of UNDP says the current infrastructure binge and …

In September 2015,Adewale Fayemi, became  the General Manager of Total E&P Uganda with a clear job brief: Prepare and oversee Total’s operations in the Lake Albert basin transition from the exploration and appraisal phase to the development phase, writes  Ronald Musoke Fayemi’s appointment came just nine months after the departure …

Why a Rwanda-inspired bill to broaden ban on polythene bags across East Africa might drag on forever Plastic carrier bags could remain in use for the foreseeable future within the East African Community as debate on the East African Community Polythene Materials Control Bill, 2016 drags on in the East …

The High Court Land Division on Monday issued an interim order stopping the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) from evicting residents of Kito and Namataba villages in Wakiso. The interim order was issued after the Deputy registrar Susan Kanyange observed that NEMA only gave a 21 days eviction notice to the …

By Ronald Musoke On April 15 the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) started to enforce the ban on lightweight carrier bags usually given to customers in shops. It was an act of unprecedented defiance as the day before, on April 14, none other than the Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda, had …

By Ronald Musoke Should we let this man destroy the Kinawataka wetland? Something dangerous is happening in the Kinawataka Swamp in the Banda area; a low-lying suburb about 10kms from Kampala city’s Central Business District along the eastern route. Since the beginning of this year, a mysterious encroacher has been …

By Independent Team Murder of a waiter at popular night spot exposes the police, NEMA, and KCCA Mary Mugyenyi, the former MP for Nyabushozi County in President Yoweri Museveni’s Kiruhura district had a big money deal. She was selling land for Shs 275 million. The buyer was the dashing socialite, …