Uganda’s rivers choking on plastics

As River Nabuyonga flows through urban areas, including Mbale, it is becoming clogged because of the careless disposing of plastics.

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A man scavenging among the heap of plastics and polythene that are choking River Nabuyonga in Mbale city. Photo by Paul Watala
By NewVision Reporter
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The name Mbale is derived from the word Kamabale, the local name for stones. This is the name that the forefathers of the people living at the foothills of Mt.

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