By Isaac Senabulya on August 21, 2017
Executive Director African Centre for Energy and Mineral Policy Don Bwesigye, Gold Miners in Mubende district, Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources
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Evicted Gold Miners in Mubende district are pessimistic that they will yield positive results from investigations by the parliamentary committee on natural resources. The miners were evicted a while ago by the army and police to give way to an investor to take over the area The committee is set to visit the mining area […]
By Isaac Senabulya on August 16, 2017
director for geological survey Edward Kato, energy ministry, Gameston mining company, illegal eviction of artisan miners in Mubende district, Kassanda North MP, lcommittee chairperson and also Isingiro MP Alex Byarubagaivelihood, local leadership, Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources, Patrick Nsamba, permanent secretary of the ministry Dr. Robert Isabaija, Rugingi mining center, Rukungiri Woman MP Winnie Matsiko, State minister for energy Simon D’Ujanga
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Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources have said they plan to carry out an oversight visit following complaints over illegal eviction of artisan miners in Mubende district. This stemmed from a submission by Kassanda North MP, Patrick Nsamba, accusing the energy ministry of using the army to evict the local people from their […]
By Gerald Businge on August 4, 2017
Alex Byarugaba, committee chaired by Isingiro South MP, Dr. Stephen Robert Ishabiija, Gold artisan, Illegal miners in Mubende, local miners, Minister of State for Energy and Mineral Development, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources, Peter Lokeris, small scale gold miners, UPDF representative in parliament Brigadier Innocent Felix OulaUganda minerals .
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Illegal miners in Mubende are running away from the mining areas following government’s exercise of registering local miners in this place in the district. Gold artisan and small scale gold miners in Mubende who are leaving under fear following alleged presidential directive to evict them from the area are also now going through registration to separate […]
By Gerald Businge on August 19, 2016
Betty Nambooze Bakireke, committee to investigate this matter and report to Parliament in October., degradation, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, extracting of sand from wetlands and illegal fishing on the country’s waters bodies by investors, Hon.Agaba Abasi the Kitagwenda County MP and Florence Namayanja, Mukono MUnicipality MP, Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources, Prime Minister, Rebecca Kadaga, Speaker of Parliament, the Bukoto East MP, water transport investors
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The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources has started a probe into the alleged extracting of sand from wetlands and illegal fishing on the country’s waters bodies by investors. The allegations were brought before the house on Thursday afternoon by 2 MPs who included; Hon.Agaba Abasi the Kitagwenda County MP and Florence Namayanja,the Bukoto East MP […]
By Gerald Businge on August 17, 2016
Alex Byarugaba, Chairperson of the Natural Resources Committee, Committee Chaired by the Isingiro South MP, formally Owen falls dam and Kiira hydro power plants their main power generation house has developed a serious crack, Harrison Mutekanga, Karuma and Isimba hydro power plants to support government initiative of providing employment to youth to keep power tariff affordable and competitive., Lawrence Songa, Nalubale, Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), the MP for Ora County in Zombo district also demanded to know the contractor who built a section on Karuma power dam which developed similar cracks, UEGCL plans to increase hydro power installation capacity by 50% from 380MW to 833MW by the year 2020
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The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources has discovered that Nalubale, formally Owen falls dam and Kiira hydro power plants their main power generation houses have developed a serious cracks. Harrison Mutekanga, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL)today (August 17)told the Committee Chaired by the Isingiro South MP, Alex Byarugaba, that the two […]
