By Alex Byakatonda. apearlnews.com About 80 houses, including a church, were destroyed on Wednesday by a A strong hailstorm hit Kabale district. The hailstorm occurred during a heavy downpour that…
Category: Environment
Authorities commission construction of an irrigation scheme in Kabale.
By Alex Byakatonda apearlnews.com The government, via the Ministry of Agriculture, Animals, Industry, and Trade, Fisheries (MAAIF), in partnership with the Ministry of Water and Environment on Thursday commissioned the…
Rwandan Nationals accused of stealing soil from Echuya Forest
By APN Reporter apearlnews.com Conservationists and political leaders in Kabale, Rubanda, and Kisoro Districts are accusing Rwandan nationals of stealing fertile soils from Echuya Central Forest Reserve. The concern was…
Good Samaritan Uganda donates trees to Kabale schools
By Sophan Niwamanya apearlnews.com In a bid to conserve the environment, Good Samaritan Uganda donated 10,000 fruit trees to Child Africa and Solberg College in Kabale. Good Samaritan Uganda is…
Kabale farmers urged to embrace climate-smart agriculture
By Alex Byakatonda apearlnews.com As Government continues to evict people from wetlands to vacate them,Stephen Katabaazi, an Agricultural expert, working with ESCOBER UGANDALTD has called on farmers, to embrace Climate…
Technocrats asked to champion awareness of severe weather
By Anthony Kushaba apearlnews.com Technocrats in Uganda have been asked to champion awareness of severe weather in a bid to ensure that the end-users of information can access it and…
Ugandans urged to embrace the use of weather and climate information.
Anthony Kushaba writes: Ugandans have been urged to embrace the use of weather and climate information in making sound decisions. The request was made this morning by James Bataze, a…
Ntungamo wetland evictees receive support for alternative livelihoods
Mununi Paul Kazira apearlnews.com At least 50 families in Rwenanura-Kakukuru town council in Ntungamo district who were evicted from the Rufuha wetland in 2018 received alternative livelihoods as compensation from…
Ntungamo CAO calls for joint efforts to save the environment
By Anthony Kushaba apearlnews.com Ntungamo Chief administrative officer Nasser Mukiibi called on civil servants and leaders in the district to work together to save the environment. Mukiibi who was on…
OPM donates to Kabale district
By Alex Byakatonda apearlnews.com The Office of the Prime Minister-OPM has donated equipment to KabaleDistrict Disaster Management Committee strengthen the district’spreparedness for mitigation and response to disasters. The equipment, which…