The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has conducted a major operation targeting illegal sand mining in Nakonge, Katosi Town Council, Mukono District.<\/p>\n
During the crackdown, authorities seized heavy-duty vehicles, sand-mining boats, and other equipment used in unauthorized sand extraction.<\/p>\n
The operation, carried out in collaboration with other government agencies, comes amid growing concerns over environmental degradation caused by unlawful sand mining.<\/p>\n
Emmanuel Busobozi, Principal Environment Officer for Water and Wetland Resources at NEMA, said the operation uncovered more than six machines operating illegally across 25 acres.<\/p>\n
“Some of these miners were operating under the assumption that political connections would shield them from law enforcement,” Busobozi explained.<\/p>\n
He emphasized that NEMA is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring that all sand-mining activities are conducted legally.<\/p>\n
“We want to send a clear message: anyone found engaging in illegal sand mining will face the full force of the law,” he warned.<\/p>\n
Investigations are ongoing to identify and apprehend those responsible. All confiscated equipment has been taken to NEMA offices for further examination and possible legal action.<\/p>\n
The operation forms part of NEMA’s broader efforts to regulate natural resource extraction and safeguard Uganda’s wetlands from environmental harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has conducted a major operation targeting illegal sand mining in Nakonge, Katosi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[63,83,269,265,321,262,8807,96,261,264,263,266,153],"class_list":{"0":"post-21766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uganda","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-business-and-finance","11":"tag-current-events","12":"tag-east-africa","13":"tag-economy","14":"tag-mining","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-politics","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-trade","19":"tag-travel","20":"tag-uganda"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}