Posts By Agnes Nabachwa | Reporter
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199EDUCATIONMakerereAt100: Govt renews commitment to supporting research, innovations
KAMPALA —Government has renewed its commitment to supporting research and scientific innovations at Makerere and other public institutions. Officiating at the activities...
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133NewsNew review finds slow progress in restoring Africa’s degraded lands, urges greater efforts for climate action
The first-ever stocktake of restoring Africa’s forests and landscapes, launched Wednesday, September 29 during Africa Climate Week, shows that more needs to...
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1.1KNewsOPM awards UGX.6 billion in contracts to build police posts in Karamoja
MOROTO – The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has signed contracts amounting to UGX. 6.2 billion with seven firms for the...
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1.0KEDUCATIONUACE 2020: Top schools with 18 in 20 points
KAMPALA – In this first part of Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) analysis, we look at schools with 19-in-20 points. Schools...
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1.0KTours & TravelTRAVEL ADVISORY: US gov’t cautions Americans against travelling to Uganda over COVID-19
The United States government has warned its citizens against travelling to Uganda to avoid the risk of contracting the coronavirus. In its...
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638ENVIRONMENTEnvironmentalists call for voluntary commitments on stopping biodiversity decline, restoration
KAMPALA — Wild Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is pushing for voluntary commitments by stakeholders — pushing for enforcement of the legal...
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370NewsGovt, Church join conservationists to save environment
KAMPALA — The minister of Water and Environment Sam Cheptoris says his ministry is engaging Parliament to push through legislation that bans...
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622Tours & TravelUWA explains death of six lions in suspected poisoning
KANUNGU— Conservationists are mourning the death of six lions that were reportedly killed with poison in Queen Elizabeth National Park, southwest of...
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419ENVIRONMENTWater bodies will have more plastics than fish by 2050- experts warn
The Wild Wide Fund (WWF) has warned that Uganda’s water bodies will have more plastics than fish by 2050 if nothing is done to...
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424ENVIRONMENT
Earth Hour 2021 marked digitally
Environmentalists have reechoed the call for a ban on single use plastics. The call was made as several stakeholders led by World...
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353ENVIRONMENTUgandans rallied to conserve natural resources
KAMPALA —Ugandans especially the local communities have been rallied to join efforts to conserve the country’s natural resources—putting major emphasis on wildlife...
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446Tours & TravelConservationists want complete ban on wildlife use in traditional medicine to save pangolins
KAMPALA — Conservationists are pushing for sanctions against the use of wildlife traditional medicines —citing massive decline of pangolins over poaching. World...
