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EMF and Mobile Phone Base Stations in Uganda: Managing Environmental Impact

Explore Uganda's experience with EMF and mobile phone base stations, covering general information, status quo, interventions, lessons learned/challenges, and future endeavors. Learn about public concerns, activist groups, media coverage, political pressure, precautionary measures, role clarity, legal framework, collaborations, complaints handling, monitoring, sensitization, adoption of ICNIRP standards, research, capacity building, and guidelines for safety and business sustainability.

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EMF and Mobile Phone Base Stations in Uganda: Managing Environmental Impact

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  1. EMF AND MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS – Uganda’s Experience BY Helen N Sekasala Environment Management Officer Uganda Communications Commission 27th July 2010

  2. Content • General information • Status quo • Interventions • Lessons learnt/Challenges • Future endeavours

  3. General Information

  4. Status Quo Public concern Activists groups Media coverage Political pressure Precaution Role clarity

  5. Status Quo • Other main causes of public concern • Generator fumes, noise and vibrations • Falling masts • Conflict • Visual impact • Land degradation • Property devaluation

  6. Intervention Legal framework; Governing laws and Standards • Collaborations • Complaints handling and investigations • Monitoring • Sensitisation

  7. Lessons Learnt/Challenges • Communication • Restricted enforcement • Capacity building • Consistency • Stakeholders’ partnership • Mast sharing

  8. Future Endevours • Adoption of the ICNIRP standards • Research • Capacity building • Guidelines in place to ensure safety as well as business

  9. THANK YOU

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