CEHURD wants the court to order the decommissioning of the Kiteezi landfill within twelve months and also direct the respondents to restore the environment to mitigate the effects of the collapse of the landfill. They also call for the court to compel both KCCA and NEMA to monitor and ensure that there is no further waste disposal at the Kiteezi landfill.
Morris Odong, the Pece-Laroo South Division LC V Councilor noted that Okwonga’s statements against members of the council was false and unlawful arguing that there isn’t any piece of evidence to justify his utterances.
Okello was picked up on Wednesday from Green Valley cell in Bardege-Layibi division, where he had resumed construction of a fuel Station on plot 31 Gulu Avenue which occupies parts of Pece Stream wetland.
Tom Okurut’s work at NEMA ‘was crucial in regulation and enforcement against threats to the environment and conservation.
He has been credited for strong environmental regulation of the oil and gas sector in Uganda.
Ivan Kyeyune a resident of Namunsala village says that apart from animals, the residents from over 20 villages in Kakooge town and sub county have stopped fetching water from the wetland over fears of side effects of the contaminated water.
The factory located at Ndibulungi village in Butuntumula Sub-County is one of the eminent brown sugar manufacturers, suppliers and exporters of Africa. However, the Environment Protection body faults the factory for operating without a wastewater treatment facility.
Eric Lajul, a lawyer working with Nimungu Associated advocates in Gulu City is accused of illegally reclaiming a wetland and setting up grass-thatched cottages for a recreational business along Gulu-Kampala Highway.
The authority issued a certificate of no objection to the State Minister for Health in Charge of General Duties Anifa Kawooya Bangirana, to utilize a part of Kafumu wetland in Mitete Sub County for agricultural purposes.
Frank Ssekiziyivu, who uses part of the Ssenya village to prepare vegetables, trees, and flower seedlings for commercial purposes, told Uganda Radio Network that the city enforcement teams only managed to evict a few people who were cultivating near the main road.
Arnold Waiswa Ayazika, the Director for Environment Management and Compliance at NEMA argues that the failure by the government to fully operationalize the National Environment Management Act of 2019, which establishes a specialized enforcement task force is a serious impediment to their operations.
250 youths will be trained in recycling in a project birthed from the prediction that with school reopening, there is likely going to be increased littering and mask sharing between students, something that can predispose them to infections.
Last month, Chinese Investors trading as Zhong Industries Limited, formally applied to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries for permission to use aerial spray methods to kill Quelea pest-birds, which they say are a big disaster to their rice plantation project in Lwera.
This is part of the Integrated Water Resources Management Project which is targeting 1,000 households to directly benefit from the new livelihood changing projects under the plan for the Restoration and Protection of the River Rwizi Ecosystem and Catchment Area.
Unsustainable trade is behind the biodiversity crisis threatening our existence. But done sustainably, international commerce can help protect our planet’s precious resources.
“Between 2015 and 2018, some charcoal cartels counted among their members a senior cabinet minister, two senior army commanders and an assistant commissioner of the Ugandan Police Force,” the report says.
According to Muwanga, following their complaints the company started diverting the smoke into water sources that are used by the community. She says the discharge of the smoke into water sources exposes the lives of hundreds of people to danger.
Moses Ssempala the LCI Chairperson of Bulingo; a village next to the rice estate says the Chinese are already luring residents in the area to sell off their pieces of land for rice growing.
Ronald Ssemanda, the Chairperson of Kamuwunga Landing Site in Lukaya Town Council in Kalungu district says the situation has been worsened by strong seasonal winds that are splashing water far beyond the 200 meters of the buffer zones.
