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UGANDA: UNREEEA LAUNCHES CLEAN ENERGY CAMPAIGN IN GULU FOR ENERGY EXPO
We have 6 districts in Northern Uganda that we are supporting for energy efficiency policy that covers refugees and other development; we also campaign for a lot of development
Clean Energy for better life, why are we here to promote Renewable Energy and clean Environment. PRK promotion communication announce to media briefing in Gulu.
Richard Kyorakunde says we need clean energy in the country for stop degradation of environment and charcoal business with energy and national development promotion of providing clean energy we shall achieve.
We have 6 districts in Northern Uganda that we are supporting for energy efficiency policy that covers refugees and other development; we also campaign for a lot of development.
GULU-UGANDA: Uganda National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Alliance (UNREEEA) promotion team for clean Energy Campaign has termed next week 12th to 17; November 2019 will be having trade fair in Gulu as part of expo campaign. The promoters say UNREEA has team up with Acholi and Lango Sub Region that suffered financial economic crisis during LRA conflict that led to massive degradation of million trees in Acholi Sub Region.
Isaiah Donya Project Officer, UNREEEA says as the government, we really appreciate the effort to preserve Environmental in the region, our mission is to support the energy to and to support the trade fair schedule in Gulu, northern
Donya says the campaign for clean energy for batter efficiency, if you have energy efficiency like cooking stove, bias gas, solar we can stop, you are okay.
The campaign will take three to six months in northern Uganda that will see grassroots also takes up renewable energy serving to promote clean life.
Our focus is shifting in northern Uganda and we want private sectors to come along with us and promote renewable energy.
Adds that their finding show energy bio gas has been affected in northern Uganda, by charcoal dealers, “We need clean energy, our people are dying because they don’t have clean energy, Kyorakunde urged.
The trade show in Gulu will see household, businesses and social institution in northern Uganda have an opportunity to access and explore new technology and products, to promote efficient use of clean energy, this will be at the week long clean energy expo starting on Tuesday, November 12th to Sunday, November 17th 2019.
The expo will be at Kaunda ground in Gulu, participants will through interactions with business owners and consumers learn and experience how they can save money while protecting the environment when they use energy efficient and renewable energy technologies which when taken foster better life.
Thee expo will in turn give a platform to renewable energy and energy efficiency products suppliers to showcase for household and institutions, solar home, systems, solar water pumps products so that they last longer.
“Esther N. Nyanzi, Chief Executive Officer, The Uganda National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Alliance (UNREEEA) say. The expo is part of a bigger, three-years campaign aimed at increasing awareness and eventually uptake of energy efficient and renewable technologies and increasing private sector investment in these technologies. The unsustainable use of the available resources and inefficient use of energy” says the Chief Administrative Officer of Gulu.
“Acholi and Lango Sub Regions have been ravages by war that caused downfall of economy, we have partnered with the Ministry of Uganda Environment and Water to team up with National Renewable Energy Efficiency to participate in Trade Fair scheduled to take place in Gulu.” Richard Kyorakunde from PRK Promotion Communication says.
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Simon Wokorach, who stood in for Gulu Residence District Commissioner Major Santo Okot Lapolo says the ministry of Energy confirmed their presence in the district as we launch with Northern Uganda Media Club the program clean energy campaign in Gulu district today.
“We are proud of the media because they are our Ambassador to the world, the media fraternity in the North is doing great job of informing the world, every day when I wake up I see a lot of news from the North, and especially Acholi Sub Region must run and catch up with the rest of people.” Wokorach insinuated.
He argues that we cannot talk about the clean energy as we have the people who endanger our life, while other people who live in urban areas always wake up to work to earn money. While people in the villages wake up and say how many trees are they are going to cut today?,
Wokorach argues that in the past when you walk to Palaro Sub County there were big forest, but today you will not find any trees, because people hired forest to be cut.
He notes that during Uganda National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Trade Show, many people are thinking that why do we want to have clean Energy if we don’t work with the government
In next edition we are running the Giz Program Officer supporting Uganda National Renewable Energy and Energy Alliance.
