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NEMA to reclaim endangered Lubigi-Mayanja wetland

NEMA to reclaim endangered Lubigi-Mayanja wetland

The National Environmental Management Authority has embarked on a process to reclaim the endangered Lubigi-Mayanja wetland. The Environmental authority has conducted an operation to forcefully dislodge all encroachers on the wetland in the north-west of Kampala. Over 200 acres of the wetlands were degraded by unidentified people during the electoral campaign season, when they burnt, cut […]

KCCA to evict encroachers in Kampala

The Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Jenifer Musisi Semakula has said that the council is going to evict people who have constructed in wetlands aroundKampala.  She says that many people have encroached on wetland in Lubigi, Bwaise, Kalerwe and alongEntebberoad. Addressing news men at City Hall building inKampalatoday, Musisi said that construction […]

Government prepared for possibility of oil spills

As Uganda prepares for oil production, National environment management authority is in the process of developing an oil spill contingency plan which will help in controlling of oil spills that might come up as production begins. This was revealed by NEMA environment inspector Isaac Ntujju while addressing journalists in Kampala. Ntujju said that oil spills […]