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NEMA launches countrywide anti-litter campaign

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), rolled out a countrywide anti-litter campaign to help stop littering, which has been a nagging headache for the country. With the tagline ‘Yonja Uganda’, the two-day litter/waste management sensitization drive was started with a clean-up of Lukaya Highway Market …

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IGG, Attorney General okays ongoing NEMA restructuring

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Inspectorate of Government (IG) and the Attorney General’s office have dismissed allegations of abuse of office and corruption leveled against the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Board, and okayed the ongoing restructuring and phasing out of the position of directors. “… we hold the …

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IGG, Attorney General okay ongoing NEMA restructuring

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Inspectorate of Government (IG) and the Attorney General’s office have dismissed allegations of abuse of office and corruption leveled against the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Board, and okayed the ongoing restructuring and phasing out of the position of directors. “… we hold the …

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Public Service halts NEMA restructuring after complaints

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public Service Minister Wilson Muluri Mukasa, has suspended the ongoing restructuring and termination of contracts at the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) in response to complaints raised by the affected employees. In a June 27, 2023 letter to the NEMA Board Chairperson, Muluri indicated that …

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NEMA’s Akankwasah wins ABETO Peace Award 2023

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The executive director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Dr. Barirega Akankwasah is one of the eight awardees of the Always Be Tolerant Organisation (ABETO) peace awards for 2023. The colourful event took place at Hotel Africana in Kampala, Thursday, July 20. ABETO was …

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NEMA to recruit 2,000 for Environment Protection Force

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yahaya Barirega Akankwasah, the Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has announced the commencement of a recruitment process for an independent force responsible for environmental management. Speaking at the World Environment Day celebrations held at Kololo grounds in Kampala Monday, Barirega …

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NEMA calls for recycling-only plastic industry

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Environment Management Authority, NEMA is pushing for an end to the ‘virgin production’ of plastics and instead investing in recycling, as a measure against plastic pollution. This comes as the world prepares to mark World Environment Day on June 5, with the day’s …

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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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