The money will be distributed between four groups; Lutoboka Youth Fish Cage Farming Association, Lutoboka Women Fish Cage farming group, Bugoma Youth Association and Mutambala Fishing, to start fish cages and procure fishing gear, among others, fishing boats, nets and engines.
NEMA had halted the construction of warehouse units by the said company near Katonga bridge in Mpigi district along after receiving complaints from Masaka District Chairman Jude Mbabali. According to Mbabali, the Chinese firm was degrading the ecosystem by dumping the soil in Katonga swamp.
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) and the National Environment Management Authority, (NEMA) have been holding ESIA public hearing in Rakai, Kakumiro and Mubende districts.
He argued that more and more Ugandans are facing injustices without an opportunity to receive a fair hearing in the judicial system, and can only rely on churches for protection. He stressed that when religious leaders fail to address issues affecting their communities due to fear of reprimand from the state, the citizens may die in despair.
The decision to block the operations of the group followed reports that members of the congregation had shunned the recently concluded Measles-Rubella and polio immunization exercise. It is alleged that the group mobilized their members to reject the exercise saying Jesus Christ was never immunized and registered by anyone.
The Aviators in the two countries will train Ugandan students in cabin crew handling, airport operations, Aviation Security awareness, ticketing and travel, amongst others. Under the partnership, Ugandan aviation students will be taken to Qatar and Ethiopian Aviation Academies for further studies after professional training in Ugandan schools.
Police’s Chief Political Commissar Asan Kasingye says that that the Uganda Police Force has resolved to make it mandatory for all commercial accommodation centres to share names of all people they accommodate to nearby police stations on a daily basis.
Museveni says that subsistence farming has presented itself as a curse, which lasts for generations and if the current generation does not deviate from the practice, the larger community will starve due to reduced food supply. He described those still practising subsistence farming as enemies of progress.
