Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda)
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Kampala, Uganda
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The Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. It is responsible for the "sound management and sustainable utilisation of water and environment resources for the betterment of the population of Uganda".{{cite web | url=http://www.mwe.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24:administration-and-management&catid=11&Itemid=176 | title=Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda): Administration and Management | accessdate=10 October 2016 | date=10 October 2016 | publisher=Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) | author=MWE | location=Kampala}} The ministry is headed by Minister Sam Cheptoris.{{cite web | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201606290702.html | title=Uganda: Workshops Are Useless - Minister Cheptoris | accessdate=10 October 2016 | date=29 June 2016 | first= Alfred | last=Ochwo | newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) | location=Kampala}}
Location
The headquarters of the ministry are located on Port Bell Road, in the neighborhood of Luzira, in the Nakawa Division of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{cite web|accessdate=9 October 2016 | url=http://www.mwe.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=101| title=Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda): Ministry Location | publisher=Uganda Ministry of Water and Development (MWE) | author=MWE | location=Kampala | date=9 October 2016}} The coordinates of the ministry headquarters are 0°17'56.0"N, 32°38'56.0"E (Latitude:0.298889; Longitude:32.648889).{{google maps|
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Subministries
The minister is assisted by two (2) ministers of state.
- Minister of State for Water: Hon. Aisha Sekindi{{cite web |author=Ministry of Water and Environment |date=6 June 2022 |title=Ministry of Water and Environment |url=https://www.mwe.go.ug/ |accessdate=10 October 2016 |format=PDF |newspaper=Ministry Website |location=Kampala}}
- Minister of State for the Environment: Hon. Beatrice Anywar Atim
Organisational structure
Autonomous agencies
The ministry works very closely with the following autonomous government agencies, in the effort to achieve its mandate.{{cite web| url=http://www.mwe.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=12&Itemid=168 | title=Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda): Autonomous Government Agencies | date=10 October 2016 | accessdate=10 October 2016 | publisher=Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) | author=MWE | location=Kampala}}
- National Forestry Authority
- The Department of Climate Change
- National Environment Management Authority
- National Water and Sewerage Corporation
- Electricity Regulatory Authority
List of ministers
- Sam Cheptoris (6 June 2016 - present){{cite news |title=Museveni appoints his wife to key ministry in new cabinet |url=https://www.africanews.com/2016/06/07/museveni-appoints-his-wife-to-key-ministry-in-new-cabinet// |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=Africanews |date=7 June 2016 |language=en}}
- Ephraim Kamuntu (15 August 2012 - 6 June 2016){{cite web | title=President Yoweri Museveni Reshuffles Cabinet | accessdate=8 September 2022| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/634161-president-yoweri-museveni-reshuffles-cabinet.html | date=15 August 2012 | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816235713/https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/634161-president-yoweri-museveni-reshuffles-cabinet.html |archive-date=16 August 2012}}
- Maria Mutagamba (1 June 2006 - 15 August 2012){{cite web|title=Ministries Allocated |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/501695 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211112501/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/501695 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 December 2014 |newspaper=New Vision |date=2 June 2006 |access-date=30 August 2022 |first=Henry |last=Mukasa | location=Kampala}}
- Kahinda Otafiire (2003 - 1 June 2006){{cite web|accessdate=25 February 2015| url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=234&const=Ruhindi++County&dist_id=106&distname=Mitooma|date=2011|publisher=Parliament of Uganda| title=Profile of Kahinda Otafiire, Member of Parliament for Ruhindi County, Mitooma District |url-status=dead |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151023124619/https://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=234&const=Ruhindi++County&dist_id=106&distname=Mitooma |archive-date=23 October 2015}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.mwe.go.ug/}}
{{Ministries of Uganda}}
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