The ordinary of Fort Portal catholic diocese, Rt. Rev Bishop Robert Muhiirwa Akiiki, has cautioned the general public about global warming, and how best it can be avoided.
In his speech to hundreds of congregants gathered at Yerya parish on Sunday, to witness the priestly and deaconate ordinations, the Bishop appreciated Hon. Minister Peace Regis Mutuuzo’ s appeal of watching out for the environment.
Bishop Muhiirwa, on the same issue, revealed that the floods happening in Mbale and Bududa, and the long-term drought in Karamoja, could as well be faced in Fort Portal, unless people take action.
He attributed the current long-term raised planet’s temperature, to man made environmental degradation activities including farming in swamps.
Bishop Muhiirwa warns on environment
The Bishop, appealed to the public to plant enough improve farming , restore nature to absorb more carbon to protect forests and plant as many trees as possible.
East African Bishops pledge to respond to the cry of earth
Fort Portal’s ordinary, who also recently represented Uganda Episcopal conference in the AMECEA plenary meeting in Dar-es-Salaam, notes that conservation of mother nature was the lead talk in the plenary meeting.
A statement released by AMECEA – the Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa – wraps up the body’s 20th Plenary Assembly underway in Tanzania from July 9-18.
The very statement undersigned by members of the 11 African states that make up AMECEA, highlights the effects of climate change and commits the Bishops to work for integral ecology, in reference to the teachings of Laudato si’
Bishop Muhiirwa, thus promised that Fort Portal diocese will continue enlightening the general public about conserving the environment, through CARITAS Fort Portal in ensuring climate stability like before.
Mutuuzo warns on draining swamps
Hon. Peace Regis Mutuuzo, Mp Bunyangabu, doubling as the Minister of State for gender and Cultural affairs, earlier in her speech on the same function, warned Bunyangabu people on constructing and planting Eucalyptus trees in swamps.
Much as she recognizes the importance of the trees, Mutuuzo advises that they be planted in the right places like hills.
She remarked that once a food basket, Bunyangabu has surprisingly become short of food, which she attributes to environmental degradation and climate change due caused by made activities.
Minister Mutuuzo, requested people to pull out trees from swamps with immediate effect, and take them back to hills where they serve nature best rather than causing drainages in swampy areas
Hon. Minister Peace Mutuuzo
Meanwhile, Uganda has had mostly a tropical climate characterized by stable rainfall patterns. However, the effects of climate change have turned the seasons around, with the country experiencing shorter or longer rains and harsher droughts – especially in the eastern and north-eastern Uganda.
