Quarrying stone† and mining gold, charcoal, sand,† tin, and salt (1,3,9,12) Figure 1. Working Children by Sector, Ages 5-14 Agriculture 94.9% Services 3.3% Industry 1.8%. Uganda ... Uganda has ratified most key international conventions concerning child labor (Table 3). Table 3. Ratification of International Conventions on Child Labor
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Uganda's mining and quarrying industry is growing at a rate of 11 percent per annum and this has offered employment to about 300,000 Ugandans and created other livelihood opportunities along the mining value chain (National Environment Management Authority, 2014; United Nations Environment Programme, 2012).
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In the Mukono district of Uganda, Birabwa (2006) observed that poor individuals and s seek livelihood alternatives from small-scale stone extraction especially those close to the hills of Kasenge. ... stone quarrying companies operate there, majority of the local people depend on it albeit small-scale as a livelihood strategy. This is ...
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Halai Holdings LTD was incorporated in Uganda in January 2000 and poses an Investment License from the Uganda Investment Authority. Its primary business is of quarrying and production of stone aggregate and construction related activities The Quarrying works are based about 25km from Kampala and 2km from the Kampala Jinja high way in the …
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The study aimed at assessing the environmental and socio-economic impact of stone quarrying in Tororo district. To achieve this, we used questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions, where the information obtained was confirmed by field observations. The data was analysed using simple descriptive statistics like …
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Quarrying in Northern Uganda has existed since the late '80s. However, it became popular in the late '90s and early 2000s during the insurgency as Ugandan forces battled the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the …
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In Uganda, especially in Nakisunga Sub-county, the stone quarrying industry has grown rapidly ... But in the developing world such as Uganda, stone quarrying activities are seldom regulated leaving communities at risk ofpollution effects (Sen, 2012).
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Located 6 km from Mukono town, Namubiru Stone Quarry already occupies 30-acres of land. This is makes it the largest of its kind in Uganda, with a production capacity of 80 tonnes of construction stones per hour. …
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Development minerals are widespread in Uganda, and the sector contributes approximately 350 million USD in production value annually while directly employing 390,000 Ugandans (44% of those being women). ... She works together with a team of 20 members stone quarrying in the rocky hilly areas of Kabingo subcounty. To address constraints faced …
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The data were collected from different target groups in order to get the actual information about impacts of quarrying. We have analyzed the data by using tables and percentage interpretation ...
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Stone quarrying has a considerable impact on land, water, air, natural resources, and social welfare. The objective of this study was to assess communities' awareness of the environmental and social impacts of …
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There are over 100 registered companies in Uganda engaged in stone quarrying business. ... Although Mr Ssekamatte notes that the equipment used in stone quarrying is very expensive and needs ...
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DOI: 10.37284/eajenr.4.1.445 Corpus ID: 239877580; Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Stone Quarrying in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda @article{Turyahabwe2021EnvironmentalAS, title={Environmental and Socio-economic Impact Assessment of Stone Quarrying in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda}, …
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Uganda's mining and quarrying industry is growing at a rate of 11 percent per annum and this has offered employment to about 300,000 Ugandans and created other livelihood opportunities along the mining value chain [13,14]. Irrespective of improving people's livelihoods, mineral extraction and rock quarrying activities often impart long-term ...
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Quarrying in Northern Uganda has existed since the late '80s. However, it became popular in the late '90s and early 2000s during the insurgency as Ugandan forces battled the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the region. The insecurity could not allow locals to engage in agriculture and hence many of them resorted to quarrying.
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An inventory on tree species diversity was carried out within a ground distance of 0–1km from the quarrying site into the reserve at an increasing distance of 250m (0–250m; 250–500m; 500 ...
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Uganda's mining and quarrying industry is growing at a rate of 11 percent per annum and this has offered employment to about 300,000 Ugandans and created other livelihood opportunities along the mining value chain (National EnvironDOI: 10.4236/gep.2022.105003 26 Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection H. Bakamwesiga et al. ment ...
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Article An assessment of air and water pollution accrued from stone quarrying in Mukono District, Central Uganda 1Hilary Bakamwesiga *, William Mugisha2, Yeeko Kisira3, and Andrew Muwanga4 1 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Collage of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT), Makerere …
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The study aimed at assessing the environmental and socio-economic impact of stone quarrying in Tororo district. To achieve this, we used questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions ...
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The Quarrying works are based about 24km from Kampala City and 2km from the Kampala Jinja high way in the nearby villages within Mukono Area. With the close proximity of the Quarry to Uganda's two main towns Kampala and Jinja the quarries boost of the reasonable proximity to its customers.
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In Uganda, especially in Nakisunga Sub-county, the stone quarrying industry has grown rapidly in recent years due to the construction boom in urban areas. It is one of the …
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DOI: 10.20944/preprints202112.0159.v1 Corpus ID: 245101441; An Assessment of Air and Water Pollution Accrued from Stone Quarrying in Mukono District, Central Uganda @article{Bakamwesiga2021AnAO, title={An Assessment of Air and Water Pollution Accrued from Stone Quarrying in Mukono District, Central Uganda}, author={Hilary …
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The unquenchable demand for rock materials has attracted many companies within the building and construction sector to invest in stone quarrying. However, this has brought about the environmental impacts with health threats to people. There is a paucity of information about the magnitude of pollution on air and water and how it varies with …
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Quarrying in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda", East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources, 4(1), pp. 1-14. doi: 10.37284/eajenr.4.1.445. IEEE CITATION
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Mining and Quarrying. The history of mineral exploration in Uganda dates back to the early 1950's when the largest mine in the country, Kilembe Copper Mines located on the edges of Mt. Rwenzori, held the country's largest deposits of copper and iron ore.
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