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The Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among has encouraged Ugandans to be champions of environmental conservation to reduce the effects of climate change.
Speaking during the plenary sitting on Wednesday, Among noted the excessive heat occasioned by high temperatures that the country is experiencing.
Among implored Members of Parliament to invest time and effort in environmental conservation, afforestation, responsible waste disposal, industrial monitoring and surveillance to curb outdoor air pollution.
Members of Parliament supported the call with a section attributing the heatwave to the depletion of forest cover.
Samuel Acuti, the Kole North MP said that Northern Uganda is facing extreme effects of the heatwave which he attributed to rampant charcoal burning in the area.
Lawrence Biyika, the Ora County MP said that the heatwave has led to several casualties and attributed the effects of climate change to negative human activities.
He emphasized the need to address challenges in the environmental sector.
Beatrice Anywar, the Minister for Water and Environment, decried the lack of sufficient resources to facilitate climate change interventions.
Anywar expressed frustration over competing budgetary priorities and beseeched the House to consider allocating more funds to the Ministry.
