Environment issues

The Ministry of Health sent out a press release informing the general public of a cholera outbreak in parts of Kampala city. Contaminated water and the lack of toilets have...

Members of parliament under the Parliamentary forum on disaster risk reduction and mitigation have asked government to allocate 30 billion shillings to desilting of Nyamwamba River in Kasese which has...

Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah says the parliamentary commission will provide tree seedlings to all legislators Government has earmarked 15 billion shillings for national tree planting activities this year according to...

committee chairperson and also Isingiro MP Alex Byarubaga Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources have said they  plan to carry out an oversight visit following complaints over illegal...

Sand mining in Ggaba Kasagama John a resident at Ggaba landing site in Makindye division on the Lake Victoria shores says he was a fisher man before he started carrying...

Climate Change and its effects on African Wildlife Extreme heatwaves that kill even healthy people within hours will strike parts of the Indian subcontinent unless global carbon emissions are cut...

Uganda lake victoria fishery fishermen fishing boat water hyacinth flora aquatic plants floating invasive species environment. Visiting Lake Victoria, one of the visible features at first sight is the green...

Everyone grows up dreaming of a better life than they have; a better situation; a better future. For children born and raised in East African slums this too is a...

Part of a Kampala street that was flooded after a heavy down pour. Drought exacerbated by the El Nino weather pattern could lead to a spike in new HIV infections...

Crops affected by climate change Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Forum on Climate Change have said contributions by major environmental polluting countries like US and China in mitigating climate...