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Prepare For Heavy Rainfalls As Gov’t Releases Seasonal Climate Forecast

Summary: The Ministry of Water and Environment routinely develops and disseminates weather and climate information for different sectors including aviation, marine transport, water resources management, agriculture, health, national defence and security, disaster preparedness and other developmental activities to support planning and decision-making for sustainable development.    By EPHRAIM KASOZI Government has released the September to December rainfall  […]

Gov’t Develops New Climate Change Actions To Curb Disasters

Summary: The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) is the communication of the national commitment regarding the country’s contribution in writing towards reducing global temperature by lowering emissions. By EPHRAIM KASOZI Arrangements have been finalized by the government through the Ministry of Water and Environment to develop and renew Climate Action plans to curb disasters resulting from destruction […]

Counterfeits in water threatening human health, environment

By EPHRAIM KASOZI The absence of literature dedicated to the subject of counterfeits in water is absorbed in the hands of the abundant scarcity of information relating to the quality and safety of drinking water in Africa, which hinders efforts against concealed dangers of counterfeits and fake products. Kampala lawyer, Fred Muwema says that any […]

Stop blaming, support authorities to curb wetland destructions, says Museveni

BY EPHRAIM KASOZI Ugandans should desist from pointing fingers and blaming those in authority but instead support the institutions by reporting and stopping continued wetland degradation within their localities. President Yoweri Museveni has also asked the Ministry of Water and Environment jointly with all partners to double efforts towards securing wetlands. He said that wetlands […]

It is illegal to develop a wetland, says court

It is now everyone’s responsibility to protect wetlands after the highest court of the land ruled that protecting the environment is commanded by the Constitution.“This is a matter that is of interest to and impacts on the community as a whole. The individual’s interest must be viewed in the contextof that larger interest of society […]