News briefs
Oct 06, 2005
<b>Chief calls</b><br>ENVIRONMENTAL officials who are not performing well should resign, the executive director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Dr. Aryamanya Mugisha, said over the weekend.<br>
Chief calls
ENVIRONMENTAL officials who are not performing well should resign, the executive director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Dr. Aryamanya Mugisha, said over the weekend.
“If you are a forestry officer and trees are being consistently cut, just resign,†he said while closing a consultative workshop on access to genetic resources at Hotel Brovad in Masaka district.
Govt pledges
the government will support the national cultural centre to preserve, promote and develop a diverse cultural heritage, gender minister Zoe Bakoko Bakoru has said.
She was last week inaugurating a new board of trustees of the Uganda National Cultural Centre at the ministry boardroom in Kampala.
Officer tips
MUBENDE Union of Disabled Persons has been advised to form pressure groups to boost their self-reliance.
Aloysius Kiribaki, the Action for Disability and Development officer, made the call at an orientation workshop at Simna Hotel in Mubende town.
Boss denies
FORMER commissioner of the Uganda Revenue Authority Kiiza katongole last week denied having caused a sh338m financial loss to the body. He was giving his defence before Buganda Road Court Chief magistrate Margaret Tibulya.
School gets
KAYUNGA district local government has constructed a six-classroom block, offices and a latrine worth sh50m at Namagabi UMEA Primary School under the school facilitation grant.
The school in Kayunga town council is Muslim-founded.
NGO donates
WATERCAN, a Canadian NGO, has donated sh34m to Lubaga division for the implementation of the water, sanitation and capacity building project, the LC3 chairman, Justin Sendikadiwa, said on Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENTAL officials who are not performing well should resign, the executive director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Dr. Aryamanya Mugisha, said over the weekend.
“If you are a forestry officer and trees are being consistently cut, just resign,†he said while closing a consultative workshop on access to genetic resources at Hotel Brovad in Masaka district.
Govt pledges
the government will support the national cultural centre to preserve, promote and develop a diverse cultural heritage, gender minister Zoe Bakoko Bakoru has said.
She was last week inaugurating a new board of trustees of the Uganda National Cultural Centre at the ministry boardroom in Kampala.
Officer tips
MUBENDE Union of Disabled Persons has been advised to form pressure groups to boost their self-reliance.
Aloysius Kiribaki, the Action for Disability and Development officer, made the call at an orientation workshop at Simna Hotel in Mubende town.
Boss denies
FORMER commissioner of the Uganda Revenue Authority Kiiza katongole last week denied having caused a sh338m financial loss to the body. He was giving his defence before Buganda Road Court Chief magistrate Margaret Tibulya.
School gets
KAYUNGA district local government has constructed a six-classroom block, offices and a latrine worth sh50m at Namagabi UMEA Primary School under the school facilitation grant.
The school in Kayunga town council is Muslim-founded.
NGO donates
WATERCAN, a Canadian NGO, has donated sh34m to Lubaga division for the implementation of the water, sanitation and capacity building project, the LC3 chairman, Justin Sendikadiwa, said on Tuesday.