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Katonga, Rwizi burst their banks

Social discipline to stop practices that endanger the environment should replace era of inaction about climate change COMMENT | WALTER AKENA | When humans decide to wage war against nature, as we have always done by building on wetlands, cutting down trees, sand mining, and farming in marshlands, the outcome is …

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NEMA: Expect more floods in Katonga, Lwera

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Yahaya Barirega Akankwasah, the Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), has warned residents in the Katonga catchment area to brace for more floods even when the current rains have subsided. According to Dr. Akankwasah, preliminary inspections show an anticipated increase in the …

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Littering bins enforcement extended to petrol stations

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Environment Management Authority-NEMA has now extended its operations to enforce non littering laws in Uganda through having litter bins to all petrol stations. In a statement issued by the Berirega Akankwasah, the NEMA executive director, effective 1st May 2023, the authority will …

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Private cars exempted from trashcan penalty, not littering – NEMA

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Environment Management Authority, NEMA, has now excluded private vehicles from the requirement to have a dustbin installed in, though they remain subjected to littering laws. In the public notice “to Implement Express Penalty Scheme for environmental breaches,” on February 8, NEMA listed among …

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LOP Mpuuga questions NEMA express penalties

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Hon. Mathias Mpuuga has questioned the decision behind the penalties against poor waste management. He made these remarks while presenting a statement on the post recess situation during the plenary session on Thursday, 09 March 2023.. The …

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Hoima Sugar Limited plants cane on 6 square miles of leased land

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima Sugar Limited has utilized six out of the nine square miles that they leased from the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom. The company leased close to 22 square miles of the contested Bugoma central forest reserve land from the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom for sugarcane growing for 99 …

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Building the critical minerals industry

The hidden environmental, human cost and solutions to the Great Lakes regional peace, security, stability and development In 2007, a global consortium of 31 universities and colleges across the world took part in developing a 5-Seater plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the Vision 200, targeting the Indian market. This innovation was …

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