Daily Monitor
Thursday December 17 2020
Summary
In the sixth installment of our continuing series, Manifesto Digest, our reporter, Arthur Arnold Wadero, examines the governance agenda of the 11 presidential candidates to protect the environment and safeguard the country and citizens against climate change hazards.
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Uganda’s physical environment is under threat. Soil fertility is declining and the crop production has dropped. Unpredictable rain patterns and flash floods disrupt agricultural planning and output while ruining life, livelihoods and infrastructure.
Put another way, Uganda is at war with mother nature through direct human interference or destruction of the planetary ecosystem. The lives of citizens are clinging on the edge due to climate change impact and environmental degradation. The situation is worsened by the increasing urbanisation.
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