Trusting Museveni with environment is suicidal, Ugandans must reclaim institution of president and civic power over it

Trusting Museveni with environment is suicidal, Ugandans must reclaim institution of president and civic power over it

In pursuit of its environmentally unconscious decisions and actions in the total environment of Uganda, power has frequently ignored the constitutional boundaries between the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary, with dire environmental consequences in all the dimensions of the environment: ecological-biological, socioeconomic, sociocultural and temporal.

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Study finds adults exposed to chemicals used in food packaging, cosmetics and printed receipts suffer memory loss and cognitive decline

Study finds adults exposed to chemicals used in food packaging, cosmetics and printed receipts suffer memory loss and cognitive decline

Using data from nearly 900 US adults with an average age of 69, researchers found that combined exposure to phenols, parabens and especially phthalates (PAEs) was linked to lower scores on standard tests of brain function, particularly among men.

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Kenya’s finance minister casts starry outlook as he launches Economic Survey 2025

Kenya’s finance minister casts starry outlook as he launches Economic Survey 2025

The economic survey 2025 launched on Wednesday by Mr Mbadi shows that the general growth decline was occasioned by multiple factors, despite enhanced government support to the sector in addition to increased crop yields and livestock production in the review period.

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Drone attack on Sudan’s military-allied regime by paramilitary highlights might of factions

Drone attack on Sudan’s military-allied regime by paramilitary highlights might of factions

Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC taken Tuesday show several fuel tanks ablaze about six kilometres (3.7 miles) southeast of downtown Port Sudan, on a farm identified as belonging to the state-owned Sudan National Petroleum Corp. Thick black smoke is seen rising into the sky.

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‘A scientist walked outside to have lunch with a girlfriend’ and leaked Covid from lab,’ Trump jokes as he pauses gain-of-function research funding

‘A scientist walked outside to have lunch with a girlfriend’ and leaked Covid from lab,’ Trump jokes as he pauses gain-of-function research funding

Critics argue that it has a “dual-use” potential, as the pathogens can be used for bioweapons research and development. The question of Covid-19 origins has largely become a partisan debate that sees it as either a natural spill-over or a lab leak – although other researchers argue it could have been an intentional leak, or that there was no pandemic virus.

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Dear Ugandans, Museveni and his disciples maybe guilty of ‘environmental stupidity’ but you gave him an open cheque for the travesty

Dear Ugandans, Museveni and his disciples maybe guilty of ‘environmental stupidity’ but you gave him an open cheque for the travesty

Often the kind of education a society propagates will determine whether or not a people have the knowledge, wisdom, understanding and insights necessary to mange and conserve the environment wisely, meaningfully and effectively.

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Uprooted by cattle rustlers and bad weather from homes, banditry victims in Baringo blast President Ruto for negligence

Uprooted by cattle rustlers and bad weather from homes, banditry victims in Baringo blast President Ruto for negligence

Owing to insecurity and the torrential rains that are pounding the region currently, many people have been displaced and are in urgent need of food and shelter, besides the high risk of contracting water-borne diseases besides malaria.

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It’s coming home: Renowned for talent and love for sports, Kakamega rewarded with ticket to host East Africa Community school games

It’s coming home: Renowned for talent and love for sports, Kakamega rewarded with ticket to host East Africa Community school games

High school students from the East African Community member-states Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, South Sudan and host Kenya will flock to the county that is in history books as the first to build a football stadium in East, Central and Southern Africa – Bukhungu Stadium or Football Cathedral t locals.

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Think about us too: Over 500,00 people in Daadab Refugee Camp in Kenya petition US President Trump to rethink aid freeze

Think about us too: Over 500,00 people in Daadab Refugee Camp in Kenya petition US President Trump to rethink aid freeze

Siyad Tawane, another refugee at the same camp, regretted that several health facilities are on the verge of closure as a result of the USAID funding freeze.

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Stanbic PMI: Rise in business activity hoists Kenya’s private sector growth to 27-month high in April

Stanbic PMI: Rise in business activity hoists Kenya’s private sector growth to 27-month high in April

Strengthening customer demand led to the fastest rise in new orders since February 2022, prompting businesses to expand output and increase purchasing activities.

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