Anne Twinomugisha Muhairwe, the Deputy Inspector General of Government is under the spotlight for alleged environmental degradation, abuse of power, and torture following an incident involving Alex Katungi, a police officer from the environmental police unit. In a complaint addressed to Inspector General of Government Beti Olive Kamya, Katungi’s lawyers, Mwesigwa Rukutana & Co. Advocates, […]
The National Environment Protection Authority (NEMA) seems to have started the year 2025 in full gear in a bid to reclaim wetlands encroached on illegally by investors, and this time round, in what seems to be an effort indiscriminately targeting all encroachers, a Chinese investment has been affected. A joint massive wetland restoration exercise has […]
The Standards, Utilities, and Wildlife Court has convicted seven Chinese investors on charges of disturbing Lwera wetland by drilling. Those convicted are; Liang Cheng Wu, Ui Wen Hu, Lian Cheng Xiang, Hu Dong Xu, Ge Xing Liang, Zie Gong Zuo and Wang Peichuan. The Court presided over by Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu heard that the […]
BYA TONNY EVANS NGABO | Kaazi | KYAGGWE TV | Mu kiseera ng’abantu mu bitundu by’e Nansana bakyakaaba omuli n’abamu ne gye buli kati abatannafuna we beegeka luba oluvannyuma lw’ekitongole ekivunaanyizibwa ku butonde bw’ensi omuli n’entobazzi mu ggwanga ekya NEMA okuvaayo ne kibamenyera amayumba n’ebintu byonna ebyali mu lutobazzi lw’omu Lubigi mu disitulikiti y’e Wakiso, […]
Seven foreign nationals have been arrested by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) during an operation mounted against illegal sand miners in Lwera wetland. The operation was conducted in Lwera wetland located in Kalungu started in the night along Kampala-Masaka Road. According to a press statement released by NEMA, they also impounded 13 sinotruk lorries […]
| KYAGGWE TV |NANSANA-GANDA | Abamu ku bantu abaamenyerwa amayumba gaabwe mu kikwekweto kya NEMA mu Lubigi batabuse n’abakulembeze baabwe ng’entabwe eva ku mmere bano gye babadde babatwalidde okubaduukirira mu mbeera gye balimu. Bano ababadde abakaawu ng’omususa baayambalidde abakulembeze baabwe nga bakulembeddwamu kkansala w’ekitundu kino Abu Batuusa awamu n’abakulembeze abalala ng’obuzibu bwavudde ku buyambi bw’emmere […]
Police and the army on Monday afternoon fired live bullets and teargas to disperse a gathering at Lubigi swamp in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso district where the National Environment and Management Authority (NEMA) has been evicting residents since May 27, 2024. Police and the soldiers intervened to disperse the gathering shortly after the arrival of politicians […]
Uganda has launched a paramilitary force to enforce environmental laws and avert related crimes in the country, authorities said on Friday. The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the state-owned environmental watchdog, said that the Environment Protection Force (EPF) was formed in line with the country’s laws. The force will perform functions such as 24-hour surveillance […]
Ab’akakiiko akavunanyizibwa ku butonde bw’ensi wamu n’abakulembeze mu disitulikiti y’e Wakiso bakiguddeko abasima omusenyu mu nnyanja mu bitundu by’e Kasanje bwe babalabyeko ne bassaako kakokola tondeka nnyuka kwossa okuyiwa entuumu z’omusenyu mu kubo okubalemesa okutuuka mu kifo kino awaateekebwa aguuma wamu n’ebimotoka ebiyiikuula omusenyu okuva mu nnyanja Nalubaale. Ssentebe w’akakiiko akavunanyizibwa ku butonde bw’ensi era […]
BYA TONNY EVANS NGABO Olunaku lwa Mmande nga May 27, 2024, ekitongole ekivunaanyizibwa ku buttoned bw’ensi ekya NEMA wamu n’ekitongole kya KCCA baalumaze mu Lubigi nga bamenya amayumba wamu n’okugobagana n’abantu be bagamba nti beesenza mu ntobazi mu kitundu kino. Ennyumba ezisoba mu 150 ze zimenyeddwa ne zisigala ku ttaka mu kaweefube NEMA g’eriko okulaba […]