Tag Archives: sand mining

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Nakaseke Sub-County in Nakaseke District have banned sand mining following the discovery of a dead body in one of the sand mines. An unidentified body of a man was found in a sand mine at Luvunvu village in Kasambya Parish on May …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A Chinese firm carrying out commercial sand extraction has defied orders to suspend its operations in the buffer zone of Lake Birinzi. Last month, Bukakata sub county leaders and the greater Masaka Regional Environmental Police closed down one of the company’s sand mining sites located …

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mpigi District Executive Committee has halted the operations of three sand mining companies in Nkozi sub county over environmental degradation. The companies include DOC-T Company Limited, JBC and JAMASCO Company Limited, and Tripple 3. The decision to suspend the operations was taken after the committee …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube District Local Government has stopped all illegal sand mining activities in Kisenyi village, Kinogozi parish. The district leadership promised it will ensure that all sand miners in the area stop the mining operations and apply for environmental clearance certificates, from the district natural …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several primary school children in the Acholi sub-region are working in stone quarries and sand mining businesses as schools remain closed. Schools were closed last week for 42 days following a surge in the number of covid-19 infections. The children aged between 10 to 16 …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Security and environment officials in Kanungu district have lifted a ban on sand mining activities but after issuing of tough regulations for miners to comply with. Sand mining in the district was banned early this month, following the death of two people in Kiruruma sand …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sand mining activities all over Kanungu district have been banned following the death of a second person in a quarry. Both victims whose deaths have come close to each other were buried alive under an avalanche of tons of sand in different quarrying sites. This …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Several school-going children in Kiyunga Village, Mukono District are now engaged in sand mining activities, amidst the prolonged closure of educational institutions.  Many of them attest that they have not attended any of the virtual programmes offered through Radio, TV and online, due to lack …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district leaders have raised a red flag over sand mining across major rivers in the district. Last month, floods ravaged Kasese after rivers Nyamwamba, Nyamugasani and Mubuku burst their banks. The locals have now returned to the same rivers to extract sand deposits. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A company dealing in sand mining and fish farming has today been awarded 181 billion shillings after court found that government had illegally halted its mining activities.  DMW Uganda Limited which is owned by Pastor Daniel Walugembe in 2019 petitioned the High Court Civil Division …