Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal city authorities have asked the Director of Public Prosecution-DPP to prosecute a private developer for erecting an illegal structure along the banks of River Mpanga. Philemon Asiimwe is accused of grading and dumping soil in the river. The developer plans to construct …
Read More »Save River Mpanga campaign gains traction
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tooro Kingdom has intensified its efforts to conserve the environment under its ‘Save River Mpanga’ campaign. The Save River Mpanga campaign involves clean-up activities to physically remove plastic waste from River Mpanga, and to mobilise and sensitise the community about the dangers of irresponsible …
Read More »Fort Portal city council moves to evict vendors along river Mpanga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal tourism city council has directed all vendors along River Mpanga to return to the market or risk forceful eviction. According to the city clerk Innocent Ahimbisibwe, they have noticed that vendors are leaving the market stalls empty and resorting to selling their merchandise …
Read More »Mpanga power dam operating below capacity as degradation takes toll on river
Kitagwenda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The degradation of River Mpanga in Kitagwenda district is heavily affecting power generation at Mpanga Hydroelectric power station. The river flows from the Rwenzori Mountains, into Lake George, through the districts of Kabarole, Kyenjojo and Kamwenge. The 18.0 MW power station was developed by …
Read More »Tooro Kingdom & Coca-Cola beverages Africa join efforts to ‘Save river Mpanga’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Khisa Isaac | Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda represented by Plastic Recycling industries under Rwenzori Bottling Company has signed a conservation partnership with the Tooro Kingdom to ‘Save River Mpanga’. The conservation partnership, signed at the Coca-Cola Platform at the UMA Showgrounds in Lugogo, Kampala, …
Read More »King Oyo intensifies campaign to protect River Mpanga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The King of Tooro, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, has intensified the campaign aimed at protecting River Mpanga and its tributaries from degradation. On Wednesday, the King commissioned an incinerator and forty trash cans along the river banks to help reduce on the trash …
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