Lake Victoria pollution at tipping point as study exposes how 44 towns in East Africa poison world’s second largest freshwater mass

Lake Victoria pollution at tipping point as study exposes how 44 towns in East Africa poison world’s second largest freshwater mass

Speaking during the release of the findings in Mwanza Tanzania, Eng Otoung, said the study provides a layered snapshot of the lake’s physical, chemical and biological condition.

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Lost in madding crowd: Weep not beloved Uganda, you polluted environment with politics and now you’re paying the price

Lost in madding crowd: Weep not beloved Uganda, you polluted environment with politics and now you’re paying the price

Factories, business buildings, residences and slums are established in swamps and ancient waterways and hills are cleared of their trees to mine stones for construction, or to establish residences and hotels, thereby causing unnatural floods, especially during the rainy periods.

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Imminent crude oil production by Uganda forebodes misery for the poor as Kampala follows path taken by Nigeria

Imminent crude oil production by Uganda forebodes misery for the poor as Kampala follows path taken by Nigeria

The EACOP starts in Kabaale, Hoima District and traverses 296 kilometres in Uganda through 10 districts: Kikuube, Hoima, Kakumiro, Kyankwazi, Mubende, Gomba, Sembabule, Lwengo, Rakai and Kyotera) affecting 25 sub-counties and 171 villages.by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) – a 1,443 kilometres pipeline to the port of Tanga in Tanzania to be processed and sold to the world markets.

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10,000 prisoners in Kenya enrolled in controversial government medical scheme

10,000 prisoners in Kenya enrolled in controversial government medical scheme

According to Muhia, the exercise of registering inmates, which started in May, is ongoing and so far, has 10, 000 captured inmates. The completion of the registration assures the inmates of quality healthcare as they target to register all the 60,000 inmates in the country.

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While environmental ignorance is worst form of ignorance it is is now pursued in East Africa as if it is a virtue and of value

While environmental ignorance is worst form of ignorance it is is now pursued in East Africa as if it is a virtue and of value

Because environment is almost universally seen in physical terms only all our laws and policies for conservation and management of the environment have been skewed towards physical considerations only, which is wrong, immoral and unethical.

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Listen, President Museveni: Governance without ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset is crime against Uganda

Listen, President Museveni: Governance without ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset is crime against Uganda

Since 2009 I have committed time and energy to develop the collective public ecological, ecosystem and sustainability mindset of Uganda, East Africa, the Nile Basin, the Great Lakes Region, Africa and the world.

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Baby diapers choke Migori as Lake Victoria region in Kenya registers high fertility rates, rapid urbanisation

Baby diapers choke Migori as Lake Victoria region in Kenya registers high fertility rates, rapid urbanisation

NEMA, as an environmental watchdog, has also been active in creation of awareness of the risks posed by wanton diaper discharge. In some instances it has collaborated with county government to address the diaper menace through public education on sanitation and hygiene.

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How political homophobia nudged Ugandan president to use homosexuality law as a tool to repel youth protests

How political homophobia nudged Ugandan president to use homosexuality law as a tool to repel youth protests

Unlike in Russia where political homophobia has been institutionalised as a state strategy in that country’s politics, there is no evidence that this is the case in Uganda despite the political order being in congruence with the population against homosexuality. It would therefore be wrong to gang the youth who demonstrated against corruption and the corrupt as being pons for the homosexuality movement in the West and its small link in Uganda.

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