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Here is why males matter in the fight against SGBV
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The society should stop framing men as perpetrators of sexual gender based violence, but must be included in planning for interventions that aim to prevent sexual gender based violence, a group of civil society organisations have demanded. While men die silently under the weight of violence, different studies have majorly focused…
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New report puts conservationists, investors on spotlight over land grabbing
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin A new report by Witness Radio, non-profit organization supporting land-grabbing victims across the country, has shed lights into how both foreign and domestic “Tree Plantation Investors” in Uganda are driving forced land evictions using environmental conservation as a pretext. The report says the rise of “green grabs”, land acquisitions made for…
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Global telecom regulators set new guidelines for transformative technologies
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Global Telecom Regulators last week endorsed a set of guidelines to maximize the benefits of transformative ICT at the Global Symposium for Regulators which took place at the Commonwealth Convention Centre in Kampala, Uganda. Organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN Agency for Digital Technologies, the symposium brought together…
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POATE 2024: UTB, Enabel partner to promote sustainable tourism, fair trade practices in the tourism sector
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Uganda Tourism Board has partnered with Enabel Uganda to promote sustainable tourism and fair trade practices across the country. This, the two entities said will help to ensure that while engaging in tourism, the environment in which they operate is conducive, not only for the tourists but also for the…
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Entebbe marine training centre to be commissioned in December
Ezaruku Draku Franklin A new ultra-modern Maritime Training facility at the Fisheries Training Institute Entebbe is nearing completion and is expected to be opened in December this year. At a cost $1.45 Million (Shs5.4 billion) with funds from African Development Bank (AfDB), the new institute, according to Lake Victoria Basin Commission will be the first…
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African leaders warn of deadly malaria emergency,
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin African Union Heads of State and Government, global health leaders and development partners have issued a joint call for urgent action to address the looming malaria emergency. The leaders have warned that failure to act now will put at risk both the African Union’s target of eliminating malaria in Africa by…
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Climate Change-Health nexus: Reproductive health key but forgotten component in the talks
Stakeholders at the ongoing regional workshop on health and climate change taking place in Lilongwe, Malawi have been urged to seriously look beyond the infectious, communicable diseases but begin to see the bigger symbiotic relationship between population growth and climate change. The workshop is taking place under the USAID-funded Building Capacity for Integrated Family Planning/Reproductive…
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Climate litigation hits record high in five years,
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The total number of climate change court cases has more than doubled since 2017 and is growing worldwide, the latest report by the United Nations Environment Programme indicates. The findings, published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, show that climate…
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NEMA drags illegal sand mining suspects to Court
The site of the illegal sand mining in Kabale
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Greenpeace Africa asks African ministers of environment to push for a strong Africa position on the global plastic treaty
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Greenpeace Africa, an environmental campaigning organisation has called on Africa’s 54 Ministers of Environment to urge Member States not to compromise in the negotiations for a treaty that would cap plastic production at the source and keep oil and gas used in the extraction of plastics in…
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Lake Victoria Basin Commission constructs rescue centres on Lake Victoria
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Lake Victoria Basin Commission together with government of Uganda have started constructing rescue centres across the lake to save lives as boat accidents continue to claim lives of travelers. The move comes at a time when 17 people were confirmed dead and several other still missing after the latest accident…
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UN Special Rapporteur asks South Africa to tackle crude environmental racism
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights has asked South Africa to redouble its efforts to tackle the crude legacy of pre-1994 environmental racism, including the abhorrent practice of intentionally situating landfills and polluting industries along racial lines and in low-income and migrant communities. Marcos Orellana, UN expert and…
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Africa Energy Week to spotlight investment in Uganda’s energy sector
The African Energy Week 2023 for the first time will host an Invest in Uganda Energies country spotlight, showcasing the various investment and partnership prospects available across the east African country’s energy sector. A statement issued by the Africa Energy Chamber says featuring high-level roundtables and panel discussions, technical presentations, exclusive networking and deal signings,…
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West African gov’ts asked to integrate climate, population, health in planning
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Technical experts have called on African governments to appreciate the need to integrate cross-sectoral policies that consider population dynamics into planning processes. This call was by different technocrats drawn from various government ministries in Cote d’Ivoire meeting in Abidjan during a training workshop organised by the USAID-funded Building Capacity for Integrated…
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Economic costs of weather-related disasters soars as early warnings save lives
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Economic costs of weather-related disasters soars as early warnings save lives Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused 11 778 reported disasters between 1970 and 2021, with just over 2 million deaths and US$ 4.3 trillion in economic losses, a data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says. “Economic losses have soared. But…
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Religious leaders protest against EACOP project in France ahead of TotalEnergies’ AGM
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Religious leaders under “Body and soul against EACOP” on Thursday protested in Paris, the capital city of France against the construction of the East African Oil Pipeline by chaining themselves to a Parisian footbridge to protest against Total’s oil pipeline project in Uganda. About 80 believers from different traditions blocked the…
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UN Member States to vote to secure a better urban future for all
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The second United Nations Habitat Assembly, opened on Monday June 5, 2023 with a call for sustainable urban development and effective multilateralism to create more livable, sustainable, and resilient cities to emerge stronger after crises. Under the theme “a sustainable urban future through inclusive and effective multilateralism: achieving the Sustainable Development…
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Inside the traffic and road safety amendment bill.
Ezaruku Draku Franklin Drivers who do not respect the speed limit while driving on Ugandan roads will have to part with Shs2million under the new traffic and road safety amendment act. The bill the parliament of Uganda passed last week also proposes three years imprisonment or both, if the aggrieved driver opposes the express penalty…
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Police, community mob top list of journalists’ rights abusers – new report
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Police, for the 14th time in a raw have once again emerged the top tormentors of journalist in Uganda, cementing their position as the undisputed rights violators of journalists in the country. The community and mob came second while UPDF took the third position in abusing and violating the rights of…
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22023 World Press Freedom Index: Uganda drops to 133, Burundi, South Sudan register positives
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Uganda has continued its downward spiral in the world press freedom index, sliding down to 133 position in the 2023 global press freedom index. The country was at 132 in 2022 while it occupied 125th position in 2021. The World Press Freedom Index which evaluates the environment for journalism in 180…
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Why evening hours are death traps in Kampala
By Scovin Iceta On a rainy Monday evening in the first week of March, traffic on several parts of Kampala city ground to halt, for more than two hours. On Jinja Road between Kitgum House Road Junction to Nakawa trafficking heading out of town went into gridlock, while traffic in the opposite direction had smooth…
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Compulsory reflector jacket excites Arua City riders
By Azale Godwin Across different Boda Boda stages in Arua city, reflector jackets are visible with many cyclists donning them as they prepare to take off with passengers. Those without the jackets are being warned to stay away from the streets as police and the commercial motorcycle leaders move to enforce compulsory wearing of the…
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Uganda’s Covid-19 post plan falls short of climate change funding
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin A new report by Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment has painted a grim picture of Uganda’s post Covid-19 recovery plan, noting that while the country focused on health and economic recovery, climate change issues have been relegated and meagre funds allocated to green recovery. The report titled “Uganda’s Post-COVID Recovery…
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Women entrepreneurs urged to form groups for economic empowerment
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Women entrepreneurs in Uganda have been asked to form and join groups so that they can pool resources and ideas together to realise bigger economic transformation. Under the Tony Elumelu Foundation and other organisations, a number of women have been trained in business management and other soft skills in running successful…
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Ugandan faith leaders demand civic space to speak about EACOP
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin At least more than 35 Ugandan religious leaders have issued a joint statement opposing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), Kingfisher and the Tilenga oil projects. The faith leaders also called for just compensation for those who had suffered from the project, and for TotalEnergies, China National Offshore Oil Company…
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Entebbe airport registers increased passenger numbers
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Entebbe International Airport has continued to register increasing passenger numbers after the Covid-19 lockdown that grounded the global aviation industry. The country’s only international airport recorded 149,375 passenger arrivals and departure in January 2023 with 72,934 arriving and a further 76,441 departing, making and average of 4,818 passengers per day. This…
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Protect NSSF image, workers representative tells Ugandans
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Ms Annet Birungi, a board member of the National Social Security Fund, has asked parliament and Office of the Inspector General of Government to speed up investigations and help to clear up the image of the entity, saying the continued negative publicity the fund has attracted is tarnishing the otherwise good…
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UN Chief asks fossil fuel producers without credible net zero targets to quit business
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The UN Secretary General General Antonio Guterres has warned that fossil fuel producers without credible net zero targets should be kicked out of businesses. Speaking at the General Assembly meeting in New York, Guterres’ directly targeted fossil-fuel industry, warning that those without credible net zero targets should not be in business. During…
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Global low-carbon energy technology investment hits new record high, surpassing $1 trillion mark for the first time
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $1.1 trillion in 2022 – a new record and a huge acceleration from the year before – as the energy crisis and policy action drove faster deployment of clean energy technologies, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). “In another…
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Countries, partners announce new commitments to fight NTDs
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin A number of countries and leading global organisations working to eliminate Neglected Tropical Disease have announced new commitments to help strengthen efforts to end NTDs in countries where the disease are endemic. These commitments, made by endemic countries, donors, and private sector partners, are a response to a global call for…
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Uganda’s road crash mayhem worsens during festive season
One of the crash sites in Uganda
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Climate expert asks African gov’ts to integrate mental health in climate interventions
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin African governments have been urged to integrate mental health in all climate change intervention programmes. Dr Pamela Kaithuru, a psychologist on climate-related stresses speaking in a radio interview, said besides commodities, survivors from losses and damages due to climate change also need psychosocial support. “Designing intervention programmes that exclude mainstreaming psycho-social…
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WMO says Ozone layer recovery is on track
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The World Meteorological Organisation says ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, with the global phase out of ozone-depleting chemicals already benefitting efforts to mitigate climate change. This, the organization says is the conclusion of a UN-backed panel of experts, that presented its report last week at the…
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Experts wary of the climate-induced stress due to drought situation in East and Horn of Africa
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Jacob Ebenyo, 54 stands alone, looking pensively at nothing, but wilderness, while the scorching sun hits the ground on which he stands very hard. Unlike his Turkana tribesmen whose livelihood revolve around rearing livestock, Ebenyo, 54 never depended so much on his animals. His primary call, he says, “has been pastoring…
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Why the new Global Biodiversity Framework matters – and what’s at stake in the Montreal talks
Adopted from World Agroforestry From elephants to monarch butterflies, creatures that migrate are increasingly finding their routes interrupted by cities, farms and other human footprints. A study in 2020 found that less than 10% of the land in the world’s protected areas is surrounded by fairly intact habitats. That sounds like bad news, but scientists say there’s…
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Africa’s CSOs offer mixed reactions to COP27 outcomes
Representatives of African CSOs during a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda
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New single-dose oral treatment raises hope for elimination of sleeping sickness in Africa
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin A new single dose oral medicine, the acoziborole has raised hopes for elimination of the sleeping sickness on the African continent. A new study by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and Sanofi indicate that there is a success rates of up to 95% from a Phase II/III study investigating…
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PACJA, Ban Ki –moon Centre sign pact to support climate change adaptation in Africa
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (BKMC) have signed a collaborative pact to support climate change adaptation efforts by women, the youth and the smallholder farmers around Africa. Mithika Mwenda, the executive Director PACJA said the pact commits the two parties to focus…
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Northern Uganda farmers get simplified food standards manual.
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has simplified food standards into easy-to-use guidelines and translated them to local languages in Alur and Acholi to ease uptake and implementation of standards by Micro Small and Medium Enterprises. With support from Advance Afrika under the Action for Livelihood Enhancement in Northern Uganda (ALENU)…
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COP27 falls short of practical solutions – Slow Foods
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Slow Foods, a worldwide network of local communities to counteract the disappearance of local food traditions has warned that the COP27 that was meant to be the “Implementation COP”, has fallen short of the expectations and that, existing pledges and national plans remain insufficient to reach the Paris agreement 1.5-degree…
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Faith based activists protest fossil fuel financing at COP27
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin A group of religious activists from five continents have rebuked the developed nations for stalling negotiations at COP27 over nonproliferation of fossil fuels. During a demonstration at COP27 the activists called out the Coal, Oil, and Gas corporations for the ills they have brought to their communities, and called for a Fossil Fuel…
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COP27: Leaders Boost Sustainable Forest Management
The world leaders have launched the Forest and Climate Leaders’ Partnership (FCLP), which aims to unite action by governments, businesses and community leaders. The global leaders says the launch makes an important progress on sustainable forest management and conservation. A document from the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh with the launch says…
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Global experts call for more financing for Nature-Based Solutions
Ezaruku Draku Franklin Global conservation experts have called for tripling of finances for nature based solutions by the year 2030, highlighting the crucial role of nature-based solutions called for vastly increased funding for such approaches. Nature-based solutions are actions to protect natural ecosystems that benefit people whilst contributing to tackling climate change and protecting biodiversity.…
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COP27: World Actors set to Share COP implementation Progress
Ezaruku Draku Franklin A number of global leaders and actors are set to update the world on the progress of implementation of previous climate change resolutions during the ongoing COP27 at Sharm el-Sheikh city in Egypt. Among the key speakers include the COP26 president Nigel Topping, COP27 President Sameh Shoukry, Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Executive Director…
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Cop27: Africa needs justice in climate financing
Samuel Obedgiu The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022 or COP27 is underway in Egypt. For the first time, presence of African countries larger than ever before. President Museveni won’t be in attendance personally, but he sent a delegation headed by First Deputy Prime Minister, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, and the Water, Environment and Energy ministers.…
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launches Early Warnings for All Action Plan
Ezaruku Draku Franklin The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres today launched a plan at COP27 designed to reach everyone on earth with early warning system against increasingly extreme and dangerous weather. Mr Guterres announced the plan at a meeting of government and UN organization leaders, financing agencies, Big Tech companies and the private sector…
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Growing Food Insecurity – An African Existential Threat Government Must Plan for.
Samuel Obedgiu The food and agricultural organization (FAO) estimates that since the global population will be 9 billion by the year 2050, we need 70% more food production by 2050 than we have now. Most of the global population by 2050 will certainly be in Africa. But when one analyses our current strategic planning objectives,…
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Uganda’s wildlife court sentences ivory dealer to life imprisonment
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court sitting in Kampala has convicted and sentenced a Ugandan ivory dealer to life imprisonment. Pascal Ochiba, a resident of Namuwongo zone in Kampala City was sentenced on Thursday October 20,2022 for unlawful possession of protected species. Court documents indicate that Ochiba was arrested on January…
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Parliament will support you, Tayebwa tells Kiira Motors
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has pledged Parliament’s support to the Kiira Motors Corporation in its effort to produce carbon free cars in Uganda. The corporation is currently constructing plants at Jinja Industrial Park to produce hybrid cars for both domestic and international markets. The plant that sits on…
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US Treasury Department Sanctions notorious Malaysian Wildlife Traffickers
An African Elephant Grazing inside Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. Teo Boon Ching has been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department fr illegal trafficking of wildlife species and products from Africa
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ADB boss asks CSOs to take play key role in Africa’s climate change resilience,
APO The President of the African Development Bank Group) Dr Akinwumi Adesina says civil society organizations are essential partners in the Bank’s effort to build the continent’s resilience to climate change. Addressing the opening plenary of the 2022 Civil Society Forum on Thursday in the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan, Adesina highlighted the African Development Fund’s…
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Forest Stewardship Council Certifies three National Parks in Uganda
Part of Mountain Rwenzori National Park that received FSC certification. Photo/ Ezaruku Draku Franklin
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Weather experts warn of dry spells
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Weather experts from a number of bodies have advised farmers to use the current rains to plant short maturing crops that will sustain them during the next three months, warning that the next three months will likely be dry. While the months of October to December are normally wet in most…
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Zoonotic diseases: why it is a bad idea to eat bush meat.
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin At Lawns Lounge in Kololo, an upscale city restaurant, a billboard advertising game meat delicacy stands huge, emitting neon lights. Every lunch hour and dinner time, high end vehicles stream in, neatly parked with elegantly dressed men and women seated, munching the delicacy accompanied by glasses of finely refined wines, whiskeys,…
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Ndejje SSS student wins inaugural national essay competition
Winners of the national essay competition after the awards
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US gov’t set to admit 125,000 refugees in 2023
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The United States government will in the next financial year 2023 admit a total of 125,000 refugees as it steps up its humanitarian efforts to save the suffering global population. A statement from the US state department says the country is, and will continue to be, a global leader in international…
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Selfish World Trade Organization geo-politics failing Africans ability to feed themselves
Samuel Obedgiu, an Agricultural Biotehnologist addresses the question of unfair WTO trade policies
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Rotary International President set to Launch Shs2.95 billion Ambulances Project in Uganda
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The new Rotary International President, Dr. Jennifer Jones is scheduled to launch a Shillings 2.95 billion maternal village ambulance project, on her visit to Uganda slated for September this year. Dr Jones, the first female President Rotary International took office in July replacing Shekhar Mehta. Mehta visited the country in September…
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NEMA starts restoration of Lubigi wetland system
NEMA enforcement officials clearing sugar cane planted in Lubiji wetlands. The exercise saw three people arrested
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UBA launches the Inaugural National Essay Competition.
Students with officials from UBA and education ministry during the launch of National Essay Competition.
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Ray of hope as Mount Elgon National Park frontier communities embrace conservation
Bosco Kasaali, community monitor from Sironko district explaining Eco based system adaptation towards sustainable livelihoods
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CDC Director lauds US, Uganda health partnership
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Rochelle Walensky, has lauded the partnership between the US government and Uganda in health and other medical fields, noting that it has benefitted the people of Uganda. Dr Walnesky who has been on official visit Uganda from July…
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Parliament tasks to gov’t speed up rescue operations
Floods that ravaged Mbale town last week
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Ugandan Crypto foundation launches fundraising drive for Karamoja food donations
Poster of feed Karamoja Campaign. The region is in food crisis with more than 900 people confirmed dead due to hunger related illnesses
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Dr Ruparelia donates ambulance, money to support health facilities
Dr Sudhir Ruparelia addressing Rotarians during the installation of Kigoye Yusuf as President of Rotary Club of Nsangi
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EACOP Project: Climate activists take the war over pipeline construction to financiers, insurers
The EACOP Route from Tilenga in Uganda to Tanga in Tanzania
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Inside the Shs628 Billion environment budget, will it save the tattered environment?
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Environmentalist are back again to the “crying board” after government allocated a paltry Shs65.84 billion to the key institutions charged with the responsibilities of protecting the environment and tame climate change that is threatening livelihoods of millions of Ugandans. While reading the budget last week, the minister of finance, planning…
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Uganda’s forest cover, wildlife numbers up – Nema
Mountain Rwenzori National Park. Because of efforts to conserve forest cover, tree cover, wildlife numbers have increased in Uganda in the last last decade. Photo By Ezaruku Draku Franklin
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Uganda’s National Environment Management Authority suspends SINO iron ore mining company over pollution
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has suspended the operations of SINO iron ore mining company in Kabale district over dumping of iron ore waste into a wetland and discharging effluent into River Kiruruma. The suspension follows an inspection of the facility on Tuesday May 17, 2022, spearheaded by the NEMA…
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African cities embrace clean air targets
In Kampala, one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities, a rapid rise in population is prompting growing concerns over the climate crisis and air pollution. Research shows that urbanization is one of the main drivers of environmental change, and cities, in particular, are hotspots for air pollution. A recent report released by AirQo, a Makerere University project…
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African civil societies demand urgent action on climate loss, damage, finance
Ezaruku Draku Franklin A number of African Civil Society Organisations under Pan African Climate Justice have expressed their deep concerns at the slow pace of addressing the loss, damage and Climate Financing, demanding that urgent intervention and frank negotiations, given the evidence already provided. A recent report by the IPCC, stated that Africa is more…
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COVID-19, climate change threaten last refuge of the mountain gorilla
UNEP The Greater Virunga landscape, a mountainous area straddling the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, is the last refuge of mountain gorillas in the world. For years, the national parks and protected areas in the region have provided sanctuary to the great apes, which are among the most endangered creatures on Earth. But…
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UN Environment body recommends regulation of sand mining
Sand mining in Lwera Wetlands in Uganda. UN Environment body says such mining activities should be regulated because of the negative environmental consequences
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A new taxation systems gives hope to Africa, sets ground to collect taxes on online sales
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin What you need to know Companies in the extractives and regulated financial services sectors are excluded. Currently, it is estimated that US$100 billion to US$240 billion (Shs355 – 850 trillion) — 4% to 10% of global corporate income taxes in revenue is lost each year because MNEs take advantage of gaps…
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Uganda to record increased investor appetite for oil and gas exploration and production
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin A new quarterly report by the African Energy Chamber’s (AEC) Q1 2022 Outlook indicates that cumulative capital expenditure from Africa has seen an increase of $23 billion. The quarterly outlook says new projects and Greenfield investments in emerging oil and gas producing countries such as Uganda will increase capital spending in…
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Oil and gas sector CSOs register increasing attacks by security forces
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The sharp increase of foreign investment in the Ugandan extractive sector has given rise to numerous human rights and environmental abuses, a policy brief by civil society organisations states. The CSOs say their outcry at these violations has in turn exposed the members to recurrent retaliatory measures by state authorities. The…
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UN climate change negotiating bloc ejects Russia over Ukraine invasion
By Climate Change News As the international community seeks to cut off Russia from the global economy, there are moves to isolate Moscow diplomatically in the climate space. The Umbrella Group, a negotiating bloc of non-EU developed countries including Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Ukraine and the US, announced that Russia and…
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Earth Hour 2022: Environmentalists pile pressure on plastic manufacturers over single use plastics
Environmental activists holding placards, calling for rethink on plastics
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Retired Civil Servant finds gold in water hyacinth
Engineer Justus Sande at his factory where he turns water hyacinth into animal feeds
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UK-Uganda Green Growth Conference opens new investment opportunities in green economy
The British High Commissioner to Uganda Kate Airey during the opening of the UK-Uganda Green Growth Conference in Kampala.
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123 pre university students start internship at Equity Bank
Beneficiaries of the Equity Leaders Programme during the launch at Julian High School in Gayaza.
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NEMA suspends Nytil operations over water pollution.
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The National Environment Management Authority of Uganda (NEMA) has suspended all activities at Nyanza Textile Industries Limited (NYTIL) that generate waste water. The suspension follows an inspection of the facility in Jinja, after public outcry on social media over alleged contamination of River Nile by the facility. A statement from the…
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Access to clean energy: solar power lights up Kasese, Rubirizi district
39 KW solar panels installed at Kasenyi Landing Side in Kasese District
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UK secures ambitious commitments to end coal mining
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin The United Kingdom and a number of international partners, have made huge commitments to transition from coal energy to clean energy, effectively ending coal mining globally. A190-strong coalition yesterday agreed to both phase out coal power and end support for new coal power plants. A statement from the UK says its campaign…
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New report paints grim picture of post-Covid-19 green recovery plan for Uganda
Elephant grazing at Queen Elizabeth National Park. Photo/Ezaruku Draku Franklin
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Rabies crisis takes toll on Ugandans
Dogs being vaccinated in Vurra Sub County, Arua district. The district has one of the highest rabies infections in the country. Photo/Franklin Draku
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296 Ugandan SMEs win Tony Elumelu Foundation funds
Tony Elumelu, (third left) with some of the recipients of $5000 business development funds
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Environmentalists Ask Gov’t to avail more funds to NEMA
By Ezaruku Draku Franklin Environmentalists have asked parliament to allocate more funding to the National Environment Management Authority to manage the country’s environment. The move comes as NEMA struggles to meet its targets amidst meagre funding. While the environment management authority needs up to more than Shs60 billion, currently it only has Shs13 billion, with…
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