Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 31
Residents near the dumpsite were evacuated after the collapseAt least 31 people have been killed after a mound of rubbish at a major waste site collapsed onto nearby home...
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Health Ministry Warns Against Burning Garbage as Respiratory Illnesses Rise
Health Ministry Warns Against Burning Garbage as Respiratory Illnesses RiseThe Ministry of Health has linked rising respiratory illnesses at Mulago Hospital partly to air...
Wakiso Intensifies Solid Waste Management Drive Ahead of National Cleaning Day
Wakiso Intensifies Solid Waste Management Drive Ahead of National Cleaning DayWakiso District has intensified efforts to improve sanitation and solid waste management ahe...
Single Mother Claims Minister Justine Nameere Promised Job and Business Support After Shs350,000 Handout, Then Dumped Her
A video circulating on social media has sparked debate in Uganda after a single mother claimed that Masaka City Woman Member of Parliament and State Minister Justine Name...
Adjumani: Awindiri Market Traders Dump Garbage on Road Over Delayed Collection
Adjumani: Awindiri Market Traders Dump Garbage on Road Over Delayed CollectionThe waste pile-up has blocked access to part of the busy Adjumani market, exposing traders a...
RIP!! Former Mpooma Royal College Student Found Dead After Three Days Missing
Former Mpooma Royal College student Patricia Mimi has been found dead three days after she was reported missing, leaving her family, friends and former schoolmates devast...
KCCA Adds 10 Garbage Trucks as Kampala Prepares for National Cleaning Day
KCCA has added 10 garbage trucks to Kampala’s waste collection fleet as the city prepares for monthly National Cleaning Day exercises amid growing pressure from rising...
Works Ministry Orders Inspection of All Sino Trucks, Other Heavy Dump Trucks
Commissioner Winstone Katushabe chairing a meeting with owners, operators, dealers and drivers of the vehicles.The Ministry of Works and Transport has ordered the mandato...
Inside Uganda’s health care waste problem: no budget, no data, and no oversight
An audit of Uganda’s Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) has revealed widespread failures in handling infectious medical waste, with health facilities struggling t...
JUST IN: NUP’s Kivumbi Faces Fresh Charges, Remanded
National Unity President (NUP) deputy President Muhammed Muwanga Kivumbi who had been missing for 19 days owing to his abduction on 10th July few hours after being grante...