Tag Archives: Water

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Communities in Merikit Sub County, Tororo district are celebrating the commissioning of a project water and sanitation project, donated in memory of Sam Frobisher Owori, a senior Ugandan Rotarian who died two years ago. The sh1 billion project provides ten 10 new boreholes for …

Egypt says accepts US invite to meet on Nile dam dispute Cairo, Egypt | AFP |  Egypt has accepted a US invitation for a meeting with Sudan and Ethiopia over a protracted Nile dam dispute, the foreign ministry said. The meeting, to be held in Washington, would bring together foreign …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has announced water supply interruptions in some parts of Kampala on Tuesday 15th October, 2019 from 7am to 7pm. “This is to enable our engineers undertake routine maintenance works at Ggaba water treatment plant and other associated system …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is one of 115 countries that are already taking firm steps to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6),  that have been surveyed by the 2018/2019 UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) survey. The GLASS survey report, together with …

Tripoli, Libya | AFP |  Faraj al-Doukali hastened to unload the dozens of rubbish bags from his van onto a sidewalk dump in Siyahiya, a residential district west of the Libyan capital. “Each weekend I collect the rubbish from my four brothers at the farm where we live and I look …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 80 people living around Kasensero Landing site in Kyotera district have been trained to offer emergency rescue services to accidents that occur on water. The Police Department of Fire and Rescue Services together with Swim-safe Uganda; a non-government organization dealing in drowning …

  Pact strives for a world where all people are heard, capable, and vibrant. The four-year USAID funded project, Civic Engagement for Accountability and Democracy in Zimbabwe (CEADZ), aims to contribute to improving accountability and democratic governance that serves an engaged citizenry through increasing the influence of Zimbabwean citizens, acting …

Controversial study links fluoridated water during pregnancy to lower IQ Washington, United States | AFP | A study published Monday linked consumption of fluoridated tap water during pregnancy to lower IQ scores in infants, a finding at odds with decades of public health messaging extolling the mineral’s benefits in reducing …

Project finds most manufacturers in Uganda unaware of opportunities in efficient water use Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda easily qualifies as one of the most “water secure” countries in Africa. In the south of the country you find Lake Victoria, Africa’s biggest freshwater lake while the world’s longest …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat has welcomed a new Executive Director, Prof. Seifeldin Hamad Abdalla. He brings to the organisation decades of deep experience and proven record of success as an engineer, a manager and a researcher. He took office on April 8, …