Ssempebwa, the Motorcare MD, said that out of the 22,000 vehicles sold annually in Uganda, only about 3,000 are brand new, meaning that 19,000 high-mileage used cars hit Uganda's roads, contributing significantly to pollution.
Musasizi said Finance Ministers must integrate climate goals into fiscal policy, budgeting, planning and debt management,in addition to mobilizing both public and private resources.
On Tuesday, the elders gathered in the Akiriket and slaughtered a bull that Lokure paid for as a fine for cleansing their shrine to avoid rainstorms.
Robert Lochuga, one of the residents, said that the storm came through the direction where the trees were cut.
Robert Agumywa, a fisherman at the lake, said that although the deceased sounded an alarm, it was impossible to save him as he was some distance away from the other fishermen.
The event, running from Friday, April 18 to Monday, April 21, 2025, brought together scholars from across Uganda whose education was made possible through Onapito’s vision and dedication.
In his Easter message, delivered across the diocese by Rev. William Mirimu Zziwa, the Diocesan Information and Communications Officer, Bishop Kisekka urged communities to abandon harmful environmental practices such as bush burning, deforestation, wetland encroachment, and indiscriminate waste disposal.
Francis Ociti, the deputy head teacher, says the school has been left with only 13 teachers, down from the required 18 to 20. “Three teachers were transferred and never replaced. Yet pupil enrolment has continued to rise, overwhelming the few of us left,” Ociti explained.
Dr Paul Nduhuura, Head of Research & Capacity Building at the National Renewable Energy Platform, reveals that the issues around traditional cooking fuels have a greater impact on the people.
Simon Musasizi, the Heritage Trust Programme Officer at CCFU and a representative on the Climate Heritage Network (CHN) Steering Committee, stated that the initiative follows a USD 1.25 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The funding will be used to leverage culture and heritage as catalysts for effective climate action.
Rosette Byengoma, the Permanent Secretary at MODVA, says the ministry is taking significant steps toward tackling climate change and environmental threats through the development of a Climate Change and Environmental Security Strategy (CCESS).
Samuel Mulwana, the Chairman of the Luwero District Land Board, said that the district had proposed that, after allocating the land to industrialists, alternative land be secured to restore the forest.
Timothy Okello, a member of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God who has been helping the affected community to vacate to safer areas, said that most of the victims are currently being housed by relatives.
This five-year program that will be funded by the European Union (EU) seeks to maintain the country’s forest whilst profiting from it, through various interventions from plantation management and processing to market access and financing.
Statistics obtained from the ministry indicates that in 1990, Uganda had 24 percent of forest cover but due to the escalating illegal activities including deforestation and population growth that has forced people to encroach on forest reserve land to carry out cultivation, this has drastically reduced the forest cover to 12.7 percent currently. The illegal activities are adversely impacting on the forest cover in the country.
Susan Tumusiime Opok, the Executive Director of FAWE Uganda, revealed that several beneficiaries still expect more from FAWE, even after they have been supported to further their studies.
Speaking to URN on the sidelines of the Energy Access Investment Forum (EAIF) 2025, Okasaai noted that despite investing up to USD 1.5 billion (about UGX 5.7 trillion) over the past decade in the electricity sub-sector, the funding remains inadequate to achieve nationwide electrification.
During the official handover of the River Fada bridge site to contractor Whimsy Construction Ltd, on Monday locals who thronged the site shared their excitement saying they have gained hope after long period of suffering.
In December 2021, a team of cultural leaders from all 15 clans in Agago district launched a year-long campaign against the massive destruction of trees, especially endangered species like shea nut trees.
