Senior Police Officer Arrested In Action Receiving Bribe…
senior Police officer has been arrested for allegedly receiving a bribe of Shs2m from degraders of the wetlands and protected areas around Kajjansi in Wakiso District.The...
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Police Officer Arrested Over Bribery to Protect Environment Degraders
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has arrested a police officer accused of receiving a Shs2 million bribe from individuals allegedly involved in the illegal degradatio...
How to save Lake Victoria
Over 651 freshwater species, like fish, molluscs, and dragonflies on Lake Victoria, face a risk of extinction. FILE PHOTOSmarter farming can protect a fishery whose expor...
Government Rolls Out Multi-million Climate-Smart Fish Farming Project in Kiryandongo
Authorities in Kiryandongo District have launched a government-funded climate-smart aquaculture project worth more than 304 million Shillings to increase fish production...
Prolonged Dry Spell Devastates Crops, Sparks Hunger Fears in Teso
An unusually prolonged dr
12 Arrested in Mubende Wetland Encroachment Crackdown
Authorities in Mubende District have arrested 12 people, including a village chairperson, during a two-day operation targeting illegal cultivation in wetlands as governme...
Ntungamo Residents Fear Disease Outbreak Amid Worsening Drainage and Sanitation Crisis
Residents of Ntungamo Municipality are raising alarm over blocked drainage channels, overflowing sewage and poor waste disposal practices, warning that deteriorating sani...
Mukono Intensifies Crackdown on Illegal Small Plot Sales, Targets Land Dealers and Village Leaders
District authorities say unplanned subdivisions and undersized plots are fueling disorderly settlement, as enforcement teams move to curb illegal land transactions and en...
Government agencies faulted over failure to implement Museveni’s key directives
Milly Babalanda, the minister for the Presidency, attributed the poor performance partly to the tendency of government institutions to work in isolation rather than colla...
Arrests in Lubigi Eviction Raise Questions Over Use of Force and Due Process
More than 10 people were arrested in Lubigi Wetland on Wednesday as Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers and anti-riot police moved in to evict holdout squatte...