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Pollution

A high-angle view of a crowded Namirembe Road in downtown Kampala, featuring a dense flow of pedestrians, commuters, and vehicles amidst commercial buildings and advertising billboards.
Pollution

Uganda among world’s most polluted countries as air quality worsens

Uganda ranks eighth globally for air pollution, with Kampala among the world's most polluted capitals and monitoring gaps understating the true scale
Outdoor air quality monitor

Makerere University designed low-cost air quality monitor with cash-strapped African cities in mind

Low-cost air quality monitor designed by Makerere University was optimised to help African cities, with limited resources and poor infrastructure, to measure and track air pollution trends
Downtown Kampala

Visibility study of Kampala, Nairobi, and Addis Ababa reveals big air pollution problems

A study of the air quality of the three cities from 1974 to 2018 shows that air pollution levels increased over the study period

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