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9 years of Tom Okurut as Uganda’s environmental policeman — the challenges, wins and the future Dr. Tom Okia Okurut has been the National Environment Management Agency (NEMA) Executive Director for 9 years now, since July 2011. In this interview with CEO East Africa’s Agaba Alfred Rhyman, he talks about his achievements, challenges, and frustrations. But all in all, he says, we all must remember that humans and not NEMA are the managers, destroyers, beneficiaries, and drivers of change in the environment and that all our actions on the environment have consequences.

by Alphred Rhyman Agaba
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As the Chief Executive of the government agency responsible for monitoring, coordinating, supervising and regulating the natural environment of Uganda, what has been your greatest achievement since you took office 9-years ago? We have been able to mobilize local governments to take their responsibility as provided in the law and also to argue for budget increase. On the aspect of coor

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Rhyman Alphred Agaba is a journalist, editor and radio/TV producer and entrepreneur based in Kampala.