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Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda)

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Type
  
Ministry

Website
  
www.mwe.go.ug

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Uganda


Headquarters
  
Port Bell Road Luzira Kampala, Uganda

Ministry executive
  
Sam Cheptoris, Minister of Water and Environment

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". The ministry is headed by Minister Sam Cheptoris.

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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. The coordinates of the ministry headquarters are 0°17'56.0"N, 32°38'56.0"E (Latitude:0.298889; Longitude:32.648889).

Subministries

The minister is assisted by two ministers of state.

  • Minister of State for Water: Ronald Kibuule
  • Minister of State for the Environment: Mary Goretti Kitutu

    • Organisational structure

    Administratively, the ministry is divided into three directorates:

  • Directorate of Water Resources Management
  • Directorate of Water Development
  • Directorate of Environmental Affairs

    • Autonomous agencies

    The ministry works very closely with the following autonomous government agencies, in the effort to achieve its mandate.

  • National Forestry Authority
  • The Department of Climate Change
  • National Environmental Management Authority
  • National Water and Sewerage Corporation

    • References

    Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda) Wikipedia
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