{"id":29268,"date":"2026-07-29T12:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/?page_id=29268"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:24:42","slug":"news-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"News Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-valign-middle-lg u-valign-middle-sm u-section-2\" id=\"block-2\">\n      \n      \n      \n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"u-container-style u-expanded-width u-group u-preserve-proportions u-group-1\">\n          <div class=\"u-container-layout u-valign-top-sm u-container-layout-1\">\n            <h3 class=\"u-align-justify u-text u-text-1\">\n              <a 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-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/news-updates\/\">Latest News Updates<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n            <div class=\"u-blog u-expanded-width-lg u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xl u-expanded-width-xs u-layout-grid u-pagination-center u-radius u-blog-1 u-hidden-visibility\"  data-site-sorting-prop=\"created\" data-site-sorting-order=\"desc\" data-items-per-page=\"6\" data-max-items=\"6\" 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-xs u-blog-post u-container-style u-repeater-item u-white u-repeater-item-1\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-valign-bottom-lg u-container-layout-2\"><a class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-unoc-strengthen-collaboration-on-strategic-oil-and-gas-projects\/\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HNzwZ42XwAAAI4v.jpeg\"><\/a>\n                    <h4 class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-text u-text-2\">\n                      <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-unoc-strengthen-collaboration-on-strategic-oil-and-gas-projects\/\">NEMA and UNOC Strengthen Collaboration on Strategic Oil and Gas Projects<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-40 u-metadata-1\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">July 21, 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><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-unoc-strengthen-collaboration-on-strategic-oil-and-gas-projects\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-post-content u-text u-text-3\"><p>The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) team, led by Mr. Tusingwire Edgar, Head of Technical Services, met with the National Environment Management &hellip;<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-unoc-strengthen-collaboration-on-strategic-oil-and-gas-projects\/\" class=\"u-blog-control u-btn u-button-style u-btn-2\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left-xs u-blog-post u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover u-white u-repeater-item-2\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-valign-bottom-lg u-container-layout-3\"><a class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/umu-nema-and-owsd-champion-science-and-partnerships-for-environmental-sustainability\/\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Env.-Conservation-Conference-banner.jpg\"><\/a>\n                    <h4 class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-text u-text-4\">\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-40 u-metadata-2\"><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><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/umu-nema-and-owsd-champion-science-and-partnerships-for-environmental-sustainability\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-post-content u-text u-text-5\"><p>By Tony Achidria\r\nKampala, Uganda \u2013 Uganda Martyrs University (UMU), in partnership with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and &hellip;<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/umu-nema-and-owsd-champion-science-and-partnerships-for-environmental-sustainability\/\" class=\"u-blog-control u-btn u-button-style u-btn-3\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left-xs u-blog-post u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover u-white u-repeater-item-3\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-valign-bottom-lg u-container-layout-4\"><a class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-sustainability-champions\/\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NESA2026-scaled.jpg\"><\/a>\n                    <h4 class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-text u-text-6\">\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-40 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><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-sustainability-champions\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-post-content u-text u-text-7\"><p>NEMA spotlighted Uganda\u2019s champions of sustainability through the third edition of the National Environment Sustainability Awards, held on Friday, &hellip;<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-sustainability-champions\/\" class=\"u-blog-control u-btn u-button-style u-btn-4\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left-xs u-blog-post u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover u-white u-repeater-item-4\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-valign-bottom-lg u-container-layout-5\"><a class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/government-of-uganda-to-revive-national-cleaning-days\/\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_2760-scaled.jpg\"><\/a>\n                    <h4 class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-text u-text-8\">\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-40 u-metadata-4\"><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><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/government-of-uganda-to-revive-national-cleaning-days\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-post-content u-text u-text-9\"><p>The Government of Uganda, through the Office of the Prime Minister and NEMA, is rolling out National Cleaning Days, a powerful initiative to unite &hellip;<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/government-of-uganda-to-revive-national-cleaning-days\/\" class=\"u-blog-control u-btn u-button-style u-btn-5\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left-xs u-blog-post u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover u-white u-repeater-item-5\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-valign-bottom-lg u-container-layout-6\"><a class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-reviews-guidelines-action-plan-and-national-strategy-for-chemicals-management-in-uganda\/\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HKnb41uWgAA1a1a-scaled.jpeg\"><\/a>\n                    <h4 class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-text u-text-10\">\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-40 u-metadata-5\"><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><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-reviews-guidelines-action-plan-and-national-strategy-for-chemicals-management-in-uganda\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-post-content u-text u-text-11\"><p>On June 11, 2026 NEMA conducted a consultative meeting to discuss Guidelines, Action Plan and National Strategy for Management of Chemicals in &hellip;<\/p>\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-blog-control u-btn u-button-style u-btn-6\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"u-align-left-xs u-blog-post u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover u-white u-repeater-item-6\">\n                  <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-valign-bottom-lg u-container-layout-7\"><a class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-world-environment-day-2026\/\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"u-blog-control u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-image u-image-round u-radius u-image-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WED-2026-press-conference-scaled.jpg\"><\/a>\n                    <h4 class=\"u-align-left-lg u-align-left-md u-align-left-sm u-align-left-xl u-blog-control u-text u-text-12\">\n                      <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-world-environment-day-2026\/\">Uganda Celebrates World Environment Day 2026<\/a>\n                    <\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-40 u-metadata-6\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">June 5, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a>, <a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span><span 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It is a &hellip;<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-celebrates-world-environment-day-2026\/\" class=\"u-blog-control u-btn u-button-style u-btn-7\">Read more<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"has-pagination u-list-control\"><ul style=\"\" class=\"responsive-style1 u-pagination u-unstyled u-pagination-1\"><li style=\"\" class=\"u-nav-item u-pagination-item active\"><span aria-current=\"page\" style=\"padding: 16px\" class=\"u-button-style u-nav-link\">1<\/span><\/li><li style=\"\" class=\"u-nav-item u-pagination-item\"><a style=\"padding: 16px\" class=\"u-button-style u-nav-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29268\/page\/2\/\">2<\/a><\/li><li style=\"\" class=\"u-nav-item u-pagination-item\"><span style=\"padding: 16px\" class=\"u-button-style u-nav-link\">&hellip;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"\" class=\"u-nav-item u-pagination-item\"><a style=\"padding: 16px\" class=\"u-button-style u-nav-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29268\/page\/10\/\">10<\/a><\/li><li style=\"\" class=\"u-nav-item u-pagination-item\"><a style=\"padding: 16px\" class=\"u-button-style u-nav-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29268\/page\/2\/\">&#x3009;<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"u-preserve-proportions-child\" style=\"padding-top: 91.76%;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n    <\/section>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest News Updates NEMA and UNOC Strengthen Collaboration on Strategic Oil and Gas Projects July 21, 2026News UpdatesComments (0) The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) team, led by Mr. Tusingwire Edgar, Head of Technical Services, met with the National Environment Management &hellip; Read more UMU, NEMA and OWSD Champion Science and Partnerships for Environmental Sustainability &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/news-updates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;News Updates&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29268","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29276,"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29268\/revisions\/29276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}