Alex Byarugaba

Illegal miners in Mubende evading registration by government

Illegal miners in Mubende evading registration by government

Illegal miners in Mubende are running away from the mining areas following  government’s exercise of registering   local miners in this place in the district. Gold artisan and small scale gold miners in Mubende who are leaving under fear following alleged presidential directive to evict them from the area are also  now going through registration to separate […]

Agric. ministry recommends closure of illegal fish ponds and sand mining sites.

Agric. ministry recommends closure of illegal fish ponds and sand mining sites.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry has recommended  the closure of all illegal fish ponds and sand mining sites along  Lake Victoria shores in Lwera. The acting commissioner in charge of aquaculture management and development, Joyce Ikwput Nyeko, while appearing before the Parliamentary Natural Resource Committee which is probing illegal sand mining in […]

MPs want Uganda Investment Authority to review licenses of some Chinese companies

MPs want Uganda Investment Authority to review licenses of some Chinese companies

The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources has directed the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to review a license it issued to Chinese Company Mango Tree Group to mine sand. The directive comes after the MPs discovered that in May last year, the then minister for environment, Prof.Ephraim Kamuntu, directed that the company only deals in digging  Lake […]

Cracks have developed on Nalubale dam, says UEGCL Boss

Cracks have developed on Nalubale dam, says UEGCL Boss

The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources has discovered that Nalubale, formally Owen falls dam and Kiira hydro power plants their main power generation houses have developed a serious cracks. Harrison Mutekanga, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL)today (August 17)told the Committee Chaired by the Isingiro South MP, Alex Byarugaba, that the two […]

UETCL Officials want law against vandalism enforced

UETCL Officials want law against vandalism enforced

Officials from the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) has asked parliamentarians to amend the the Electricity Act so that they can effectively deal with rampant problem of power vandalism in the Country. While appearing before Parliament’s National Resource Committee, William Kiryahika, UETCL’s Chairperson said if amended, the Act will be strengthened so as better […]