Environmental degradation

Kadaga appeals to regional speakers to empower their people on economic development.

Kadaga appeals to regional speakers to empower their people on economic development.

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has challenged regional speakers to use their positions to protect people from economic exploitation, vagaries of weather and bad governance. Opening the 9th Executive Council Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union – (IPU-IGAD), Speaker Kadaga said that her colleagues also have to think about using their traditional tools of legislation, oversight […]

Uganda loses 200, 000 hectares of forests each year, says environment official

Uganda loses 200, 000 hectares of forests each year, says environment official

The Ambassador of the world Agroforestry Centre, Dr.Dennis Garrity has asked government to scale up soil regeneration for landscape restoration geared towards making crops resilient to drought and helps improve farmer’s livehoods. Garrity who is also the chairperson of Ever Green Agriculture partnership said that natural regeneration of soils will enable farmers increase the soil […]

Uganda government urged to set up Environmental courts

The Member of Parliament for Bunya East constituency, James Kubeketerya has advised government to get more serious in handling environmental issues. MP Kubeketerya says that the government has hitherto failed to curtail the environmental degradations happening in Uganda and needs to design new strategies. He is calling for among the things, the establishment of environmental courts […]