The Uganda representative at pan African parliament, Onyango Kakooba, calls on government to put in place mechanisms that will discourage youth from acts of genocide and crimes against humanity. Onyango Kakooba, who is also the member Buikwe North, says that although the genocide has not been experienced in the country as some other East African countries […]
Government is finalizing a procurement process to hired three public relations firms to market Uganda on world travel market. The three firms are being identified by the Uganda Tourism board and their payment will be catered for by the World Bank. This was disclosed by the Marketing manager Uganda Tourism Board Edwin Muzahura together with the […]
A team of Natural Resource Conservation Network (NRCN) officials and the Police have seized 6 African Grey parrots from Entebbe at Kigungu landing site in Wakiso district. A joint team of Police, NRCN, in collaboration with UWA, mounted an operation on Saturday 5th , following a tip off that some wildlife traders from Kalangala are holding parrots destined […]
The disaster preparedness and Refugee stores have run out of food for relief food. This has been revealed by the Minister of disaster preparedness and Refugees, Engineer Hilary Onek, while appearing before the Human Rights committee of parliament chaired by woman MP for Mitoma district. Onek said that for the last five months disaster preparedness stores […]
Women members of parliament are calling for more public hearing before the Biosafety and bio technology bill is passed. This came after the NRM parliamentary caucus recently approved the Biosafety and bio technology bill to allow the use of genetically modified food and seeds in Uganda. Members of Parliament (MPs), while harmonizing on the […]
The Minister of Water and Environment, Ephraim Kamuntu has cautioned conserve the environment while exploring its oil. Uganda’s oil exploration areas are found in the Albertine Graben a place with a bio diversity so rich and one that boasts of exquisite flora and fauna Kamuntu who was speaking at the official opening of the […]
The country director World Wide Fund for Nature David Duli has urged Ugandans and the government to increase the use of renewable energy sources to help check on the rampant environmental degradation in Uganda. Speaking at the ceremony to mark the 7th Ugandan earth hour at Serena Hotel in Kampala, David emphasized that the current sources of energy […]
Whereas the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act, 2003 creates a Tree Fund nothing has been done from the time the Act was passed into Law to bring the fund into operation. The Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) is now wondering what became of the fund that should be financing programmes that promote […]
Scholarships at the University of Ghana are available to scientists working at National Agricultural Research Institutes and Universities in West Africa to pursue a Ph.D in Plant breeding. Eight students per year will be admitted over a period of five years in the first phase of the programme. Each student will follow a 5 […]
The Environmental Economics Unit (EEU) at the University of Gothenburg, in collaboration with the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, offer six full scholarships in a PhD program in Global Change and Climate Economics. The overall aim of this program is to contribute to sustainable development and the alleviation of poverty in the poorest countries. […]