Department of Natural Resource Economics

Permanent URI for this collection

https://bdears.busitema.ac.ug/handle/123456789/357

Browse

Browsing Department of Natural Resource Economics by Issue Date

Filter results by year or month
Now showing 1 - 20 of 57
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Oil refinery company appoints manager
    (New Vision, 2017-01-12) Sanya, Samuel
    The Uganda Refinery Holding Company (URHC) has appointed a British educated Ugandan, Dr Michael Nkambo Mugerwa as its general manager, bringing a near six-month search to a close.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    OPEC in no rush to cut oil output
    (New Vision, 2017-06-28) Reuters
    The Organisation of the Petroleum Exxporting Countries (OPEC) will not rush into making a further cut in oil output or end some countries' exemptions to output limits, OPEC delegates said, although a meeting in Russia next month is likely to consider further steps to support the market.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    City lawyer accused of evicting 4 villages
    (New Vision, 2017-07-30) Kiwawulo, Chris
    Over 100 residents from four villages in Kihuura sub-county, Kyenjojo district have petitioned the Justice Catherine Bamugemereire Land probe commission, accusing a city lawyer of grabbing their land.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Family, LDC lock horns over prime city land
    (Sunday Vision, 2017-07-30) Kiwawulo, Chris
    The family of the late Abdullahi bin Wadriff has cried foul over delayed compensation for their prime land that Law Development Centre (LDC) took over in Kagugube zone, Kampala. The delay followed the family's rejection of sh143m that the chief government valuer ( Gilbert Kermundu) had set as the compensation amount for their 0.26 hectares ( 0.6 acres) of land on block 9, plot 221, saying it was little.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Govt calls for Mengo views on land
    (New Vision, 2017-08-01) Ssenyonga, Andrew
    The Government has welcomed Buganda Kingdom's views on thee constitutional (amendment) bill 2017 in which government seeks to amend the land law. "Any shift from the current laws would be a human rights violation". Mayiga.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Cost of destroying wetlands Pallisa price of water soars.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-05) Tenywa, Gerald
    On had days, you can buy a 20-litre jerrycan of water at not less than sh600. The same amount of water used to go for sh100 when it was being pumped from the nearby Lake Lemwa to the door steps of Pallisa's residents. In a region regarded as one of the poorest in Uganda,
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    NFA restores Gangu forest.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-09) Ssekidde, Simon
    Gangu Central Forest Reserve has had its greenery restored after nearly 10 years of degradation by encroachers. The forest, which measures 1,054 hectares, is shared by Mpigi and Butambala districts and covers Kammengo, Buwama and Bulo sub-counties.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Floods irk gold miners.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-11) Bita, George
    The current heavy rains have led to flooding of the goldmines dotting Namayingo district's countryside. According to Robert Otabon, a miner, the floods have made further excavation difficult. "Most times, what miners do is to abandon such places and start digging elsewhere.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Soil experts camp in Elgon to promote land management.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-16) Odeke, Faustine
    Soil scientists from the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), have pitched camp in the Elgon region, to promote sustainable land management practices. The team is engaged in training farmers and community members on the need to integrate sustainable land management practices in order to increase productivity, restore soil fertility and control erosion.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Skills development council to certify skills for oil and gas sector.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-16) Odyek, John
    The government is fast tracking the setting up of a Skills Development Council, which will be responsible for the certification of skills to be used in the embryonic oil and gas sector. Energy minister Irene Muloni yesterday told the Presidential Investors Round Table Meeting V that the council would provide Ugandans with the necessary
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    NFA official pinned over empty forest reserve.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-17) Amamukirori, Betty
    Members of the commission of inquiry into land matters were yesterday shocked to find the Kajjansi Central Forest Reserve bare with only tree stumps, anthills and shrubs. The probe team arrived at the reserve at about 10:00am. The team had the outdoor session without their chairperson,
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Gold refinery body decries licensing delays.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-22) Odyek, John
    Africa Gold Refinery (AGR) management has expressed concerns over delays by the government to issue the company a final investment liecence. "The negotiations are taking long with the technical team of the government," Alain Goetz raised the executive officer, said.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Minister asks locals to prepare for oil production
    (New Vision, 2017-09-11) Musinguzi, Andrew
    Economic monitoring state minister Dr Kasirivu Atwooki has challenged people in oil-rich Bunyoro sub-region to start strategising on how they will benefit from the oil and gas industry, especially through agriculture production.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Katakwi residents, cattle share contaminated water.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-19) Emwamu, Simon Peter; Imalingat, Joshua
    When Ms. Helen Apule, 22, got married, she knew her next residence would be at Ongongoja Village in Ongaongoja sub-county, Katakwi District. One of her roles as housewife was to ensure that the day's meals are ready on time. However, this task is harder as she lives in a water-scarce village.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Scare as elephants, locals compete for water source.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-21) Basiime, Felix; Ashaba, Alex
    For the past 30 years, 65-year-old Fred Ndabahwenje has lived at Nyabubale village in kiko town council, Kabarole district. But he treks more then 3kms in search of safe water. Even when the World Health Organisation stresses the right to safe water for both domestic use and recreational purposes, this is not the case in Kabarole district.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Wakiso district loses Shs12b in illegal sand mining annually.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-22) Kiggundu, Joseph
    Wakiso district is losing shs12b annually in unauthorised illegal sand mining, Daily Monitor has established. Wakiso, one of Uganda's fastest growing districts, is one of the areas where excessive sand mining is taking place due to the booming construction industry.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Gomba cattle keepers told to vacate forest reserve.
    (New Vision, 2017-09-26) Lule, Jeff Andrew
    Cattle keepers in Maddu sub county, Gomba district, have been given an ultimatum of two months to vacate Nsowe and Kalombi central forest reserves. Kalombi and Nsowe forest are catchment areas for River Katonga covering 3,836 and 5,097 hectares respectively.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Wakiso leaders defy Museveni on wetlands.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-29) Kabengwa, James
    Wakiso district leaders have defied President Museveni's directive to evict wetland encroachers. Mr. Museveni has previously issued numerous pronouncements against encroachment on wetlands and forest reserves across the country,
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Stop the talk, save our forests now!
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-30) Editorial
    In the last two years, the country has lost two per cent of its remaining forest cover- dropping from 11 percent to 9 percent according to Joint Water and Environment sector review Report released this week in Kampala. This drop is rapid and consistent with trends over the last two
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Govt should ensure forests conservation.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-10-07) Kabonge, Kennedy
    I was shocked when the Daily Monitor of September 28 reported that a recent government report revealed that the already decreased forest cover has now declined to 9 per cent. This represents a 3 per cent decline in just two years translating into a rate of 1.5 per cent per year.