A Ugandan East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Member, Hon. Lydia Wanyotto has urged the Secretariat of the East African Community to beef up its programmes designed to sensitize people surrounding Mt Elgon region, the importance of environmental conservation. This comes hardly two months after mudslides hit Eastern Uganda district of Budduda which claimed the lives […]
The acting Executive Director of Uganda Network of Law Ethics and HIV/AIDS, Dora Musinguzi has appealed to the government not to enact the HIV/AIDS preventive Control Bill 2009, in its current state because, it will lead to more abuse to Ugandan women. The bill which has already been tabled for the first reading in parliament […]
BONN, Germany – Today, civil society organizations from across the globe have released a statement analyzing the state of UN climate negotiations after one week of talks in Bonn – with the current state of the negotiations suggesting the world is on track for a 4 degree increase in temperatures by 2100. The analysis reveals […]
The Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, Prof. Venansius Baryamureba has said Makerere University is ready to partner with the National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent US Federal Agency to establish an Advanced Materials Research Institute which NSF wants in Africa. He was meeting a team from the NSF which visited Makerere University yesterday as part […]
Kitgum Woman MP Beatrice Anywar who is a renowned environment activist in Uganda has expressed support for the government to spray DDT to kill malaria causing anopheles mosquitoes. The government is this July set to start indoor residual spraying of DDT in different parts of the country in an effort Health Minister James Kakooza says […]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named 10 winners for UNESCO’s 2010 Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Young Scientist Awards. According to a statement released today UNESCO, each winner will receive a cash price of up to $5,000 (about 10,200,000 Uganda shillings) to start his or her career by researching ecosystems, […]
The Director General of the Uganda National Health Research Organization Dr. Sam Okware has urged the various religious leaders to mobilize communities against HIV/AIDS. This comes at a moment when the Uganda is focusing on renewed action and commitment after realising that the prevalence rates of HIV/AIDS have stagnated the last seven years and noting […]
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate the World Environment day, the Uganda Environment Shadow Minister, Hon. Beatrace Anywar has appealed to the people of Uganda to use their votes as a political weapon to protect the environment. The World Environmental day which is celebrated on 5th June of every year is […]
The Woman Member of Parliament for Arua district, Christine Bako has urged the National Environmental Management Authority to step up its efforts in the fight against environmental degradation in Uganda. Bako told Ultimate Media that NEMA should not look on as people encroach on wetlands in the name of investing because it degrades the environment. […]
The Minister of Primary Health, James Kakooza has promised to adequately account for all the money that his ministry will receive from Global Funds. The Global Fund grants resumed flowing normally in July 2009 after they had been suspended for about four years due to corruption. Kakooza told journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in […]