Month: April 2023

On a chilly Sunday afternoon, 37-year-old Ruth Asiimwe is happily tending to her pigs together with her young children when I pay her a visit and request an interview. After offering me a glass of cold water, she jokingly says “we can now afford to take some chilled water and fruits because we managed to […]

Plastic waste has become a public nuisance, clogging water channels and bodies in almost equal measure. This state of affairs has been blamed on a poor mindset around solid waste disposal. In Uganda, each day an estimated 600 tonnes of plastic waste are generated with less than 5% being recycled according to the National Environment […]