Daily Monitor
Friday May 07 2021
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“We have not refused to approve the project but we want the right things to be done and the projects must comply with the Building Act of 2013, National Environment Management Authority Act 2019, Regulations of 2020 and in compliance with Physical Planning Act 2010,” Mr Herbert Lutwama, Mukono District engineer
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A group of local investors have petitioned Investment minister Evelyn Anite, accusing some officials in Mukono District of blocking a $15 million (Shs53.3b) tourism project.
Ms Anite said the investors led by proprietors of Paradise and Wildness Resort, petitioned her office last week, complaining about lack of cooperation from district officials.
Daily Monitor
Thursday May 06 2021
President Museveni and the chairman of Picfare Industries, Mr Kishor Jobanputura, tour the company’s new plant in Namanve Industrial Park in Wakiso District yesterday. PHOTO/ /DAVID LUBOWA
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Mr Museveni instructed the Ministry of Finance to deal with the people he called ‘crooks’, whom he accused of helping foreign companies to register as local investors to benefit from the Buy Uganda, Build Uganda (BUBU) policy of promoting local content.
The Namanve Industrial Park has 20 industrial zones created by government in a bid to grow Uganda’s economy and sits on 2,200 acres.
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President Museveni yesterday threatened to arrest foreign manufacturers masquerading as local investors to benefit from the incentives extended to local firms.
NEMA blames depletion of forest cover on subsistence farming
Monday May 03 2021
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National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has decried the rate at which Uganda is losing forest cover and blamed it on subsistence farming.
The Authority’s executive director, Dr Tom Okurut said agriculture land was increasing while forest land was decreasing, something he argues, threatens the ecosystem yet biodiversity is supposed to be an insurance policy of nature. Agriculture land is increasing as forest land is decreasing and posing a threat to the ecosystem, he said during the signing of an MOU between NEMA, National Forestry Authority (NFA) and the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF) for production of Biodiversity hot spots, land use and ecosystem maps to inform decision making process in Agriculture sector on Friday.
Robbers raid deceased archbishop Lwanga’s home
Friday April 16 2021
Deceased Kampala archbishop, Cyprian Kizito Lwanga. Robbers are said to have raided his ancestral home in Mukono District. Photo/ File
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Police in Nagalama are investigating a case of aggravated robbery after suspected thugs raided the ancestral home of the deceased Kampala archbishop, Cyprian Kizito Lwanga in Kyabakadde, Mukono District.
Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, Mr Luke Owoyesigyire on Friday said around 15 unidentified masked thugs armed with machetes, sticks and breaking implements raided the residence at night after cutting the perimeter fence.
“They cut the perimeter fence and accessed the Archbishop s home and attacked the occupants in the house before they robbed them of mobile phones and Shs250, 000 from two victims,” Mr Owoyesigyire said.
Lwanga’s 90-year-old teacher, OB speak out
Thursday April 08 2021
Late Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga’s former teacher Solome Nakamanya (centre) is supported by her granddaughter Betty Kabanda (right) and one of former pupils Peter Ssettimba as they paid their last respects to the fallen cleric at St Charles Lwanga School Kyabakadde in Mukono District on Tuesday. Photo | Jessica Sabano.
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Ms Solome Nakamanya, 90, remembers the deceased as a bright student. She told Daily Monitor on Tuesday that the deceased joined St Joseph’s Kyabakadde in Primary One and was down-to-earth, hardworking, thoughtful and a very smart boy who every teacher knew at school.