December 19, 2025

Japan

Japan donates rice to support refugees in Uganda

Peter Luzinda03 mins

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda has welcomed a generous contribution of 1,159 metric tons of rice, valued at USD 2.2 million, from the Government of Japan. The donation will support WFP’s efforts to provide hot, nutritious meals to newly arriving refugees at reception and transit centres across Uganda in 2026. “Japan…

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Japan injects $1m to rehabilitate Kiteezi landfill

Our Reporter03 mins

Rehabilitation works have officially begun at the Kiteezi Landfill, where heavy machinery roared to life on Thursday to clear waste and install the first gas-ventilation and leachate-collection systems. The activity marks the start of a US$1 million project funded by the Government of Japan to stabilise and restore Uganda’s largest and most troubled waste-disposal site….

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