Environment

Wetlands in Uganda are slowly disappearing at a fast rate exposing the country to the effects of Climate Change. In 2010 a World Bank Development Report on development and Climate...

More than 1,000 people have been displaced by floods in Kamutur Sub County, Bukedea District.   The floods have also washed away 344 pit latrines and more than 12,000 gardens after...

A lack of a uniform standard for electric charging stations is limiting the importation of electric cars to Uganda. There is fear that this may affect Uganda’s energy transition ambitions....

MV Pearl, one of the ferries that operate between Lukku-Bugoma in Kalangala and Bukakata in Masaka has suspended operations for overhaul of its two engines and to undergo other maintenance...

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and the Ministry of Water and Environment have started restoring Lubigi Wetland after evicting encroachers.  On Tuesday, joint security agencies started enforcing an order...

Residents of Rugaaga, Kashumba Sub Counties, and Kabingo Town Council in Isingiro District are counting losses following a heavy hailstorm that destroyed their gardens. The hailstorm that affected more than...

The Environment and Natural Resources Committee of parliament has expressed anger over the delayed construction of the electricity evacuation lines from Nyagak hydro Power station in Zombo district.  The lines...

Residents of Kitwala West Village in Muwangi Sub County Kyankwanzi District are up in arms against the National Forestry Authority– NFA for evicting them from their Bibanjas without following the...

Government through the ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban development and National forestry Authority-NFA has again resumed the process of reopening the boundary of Bugoma forest reserve. This is the...

Nakasongola district which is prone to floods has allocated only five million shillings in the 2022-23 Financial Year to fight disasters as rains start. This is a 37.5 percent cut...