{"id":21972,"date":"2025-02-10T06:02:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T06:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/new_site2\/?page_id=21972"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T05:53:35","slug":"laws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n    <section class=\"u-align-center u-clearfix u-section-2\" id=\"block-3\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-middle-lg u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"u-container-style u-expanded-width-md u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-group u-palette-2-light-3 u-group-1\">\n          <div class=\"u-container-layout u-container-layout-1\">\n            <h3 class=\"u-text u-text-1\">News Updates<\/h3>\n            <div class=\"custom-expanded u-align-center u-blog u-blog-1 u-hidden-visibility\"  data-site-sorting-prop=\"created\" data-site-sorting-order=\"desc\" data-items-per-page=\"1\" data-max-items=\"5\" data-blog-source-type=\"Custom\" data-blog-source=\"News Updates\">\n              <div class=\"u-list-control\"><\/div>\n              <div class=\"u-repeater u-repeater-1\">\n                <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-2\">\n                    <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-2\">\n                      <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/umu-nema-and-owsd-champion-science-and-partnerships-for-environmental-sustainability\/\">UMU, NEMA and OWSD Champion Science and Partnerships for Environmental Sustainability<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-1\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">July 1, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/umu-nema-and-owsd-champion-science-and-partnerships-for-environmental-sustainability\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-1\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-3\">\n                    <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-3\">\n                      <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-sustainability-champions\/\">Uganda Celebrates Sustainability Champions<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-2\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">June 19, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-sustainability-champions\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-2\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\" data-blog-source-type=\"Custom\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-4\">\n                    <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-4\">\n                      <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/government-of-uganda-to-revive-national-cleaning-days\/\">Government of Uganda to Revive National Cleaning Days<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-3\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">June 19, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/government-of-uganda-to-revive-national-cleaning-days\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-3\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-container-layout-5\">\n                    <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-5\">\n                      <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-reviews-guidelines-action-plan-and-national-strategy-for-chemicals-management-in-uganda\/\">NEMA Reviews Guidelines, Action Plan And National Strategy for Chemicals Management in Uganda<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-4\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">June 11, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-reviews-guidelines-action-plan-and-national-strategy-for-chemicals-management-in-uganda\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-4\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-world-environment-day-2026\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-5\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"u-list-control\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <h2 class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-7\">Related Laws<\/h2>\n        <div class=\"u-expanded-width-md u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-table u-table-responsive u-table-1\">\n          <table class=\"u-table-entity u-table-entity-1\">\n            <colgroup>\n              <col width=\"6.7%\">\n              <col width=\"93.3%\">\n            <\/colgroup>\n            <tbody class=\"u-table-alt-palette-1-light-3 u-table-body\">\n              <tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n                <td class=\"u-palette-1-base u-table-cell u-table-cell-1\">SNo.<\/td>\n                <td class=\"u-palette-1-base u-table-cell u-table-cell-2\">Laws<\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n              <tr style=\"height: 66px;\">\n                <td class=\"u-table-cell\">1<\/td>\n                <td class=\"u-table-cell\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/all\/themes\/nema\/docs\/National%20Environment%20Act,%20No.%205%20of%202019.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-link u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-6\"> National Environment Act, Cap 181<\/a>\n                <\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n              <tr style=\"height: 65px;\">\n                <td class=\"u-table-cell\">2<\/td>\n                <td class=\"u-table-cell\">\n                  <a href=\"http:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/default\/files\/Uganda-Wildlife-Act-2019.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-link u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-7\"> The Uganda Wildlife Act, 2019<\/a>\n                <\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n              <tr style=\"height: 65px;\">\n                <td class=\"u-table-cell\">3<\/td>\n                <td class=\"u-table-cell\">\n                  <a href=\"http:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/all\/themes\/nema\/docs\/mining_act.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-link u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-8\">Mining Act, 2003 <\/a>\n                <\/td>\n              <\/tr>\n              <tr style=\"height: 65px;\">\n                <td class=\"u-table-cell\">4 <\/td>\n                <td class=\"u-table-cell\">\n                  <a href=\"http:\/\/nema.go.ug\/sites\/all\/themes\/nema\/docs\/water_act.pdf\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-none u-btn u-button-link u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-text-palette-1-base u-btn-9\">Water Act Cap. 152 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