Kasamba bus impounded, 8 arrested over wetlands in Hoima city
A trade order operation on wetlands encroachment in Hoima City has left the Kasamba bus coach company on the spot for supporting illegal motor vehicle washing bays in wet...
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NEMA Seizes Trucks, Destroys Boats in Lwera Sand Mining Crackdown
The National Environment Management Authority has intensified enforcement against illegal sand mining in the Lwera wetlands, impounding trucks, destroying boats and arres...
Tension Rises in Kisoro and Rubanda Over Planned Iron Ore Mining Land Acquisition
Tension is mounting in Kisoro and Rubanda districts following concerns over the planned acquisition of land for iron ore mining, with Bukimbiri Member of Parliament Hon...
Do Something to Tame Nile Agro Investor Patel Before It Gets Too Late Bcoz He Has Become Too Powerful for Comfort! Ex-RDC Sakwa Pleads with Museveni
In a recent recorded YouTube interview, dedicated to explaining the perilous experience he endured for the years he served as Jinja RDC, Eric Sakwa made reference to Mr P...
NEMA Orders Eviction of Illegal Wetland Occupants Ahead of Renewed Crackdown
Environmental authorities warn that continued encroachment on wetlands is driving flooding, biodiversity loss, and water insecurity, as enforcement operations resume nati...
Kikuube’s deadly gold mining site
A section of Kikuube district residents are demanding quicker interventions by the authorities as their lives remain at risk.These fears stem from the death of four at an...
LAGAN-DOTT And UIA Involved in Massive Fraud and Gambling with Namanve Industrial Park Roads and Infrastructure
The Namanve Industrial Park is now the largest in Africa and the hope of all Investors and people of Uganda was that it would become a World Class Facility.Unfortunately...
NEMA bans open waste burning, culprits to face prosecution, fines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Individuals and authorities engaging in open burning of waste in urban areas across Uganda now face prosecution, fines, and other stri...
EACOP project sparks ongoing battle over land and justice
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In Arusha, Tanzania, Lubega John Nsamba represented her ailing father, John Mary Nsamba, whose land along the East African Crude Oil P...
When climate risk becomes a budget risk
Despite legal buffer requirements of 100 metres from rivers and 200 metres from lakes,wetlands are increasingly encroached upon by settlements, farming, sand mining, and...