1.0Published By UPPChttps://govinfohub.go.ugadminhttps://govinfohub.go.ug/index.php/author/admin_ohbc6r17/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ERmNtCNSae"><a href="https://govinfohub.go.ug/index.php/2025/05/12/the-revival-of-kilembe-mine/">The Revival of Kilembe Mine</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://govinfohub.go.ug/index.php/2025/05/12/the-revival-of-kilembe-mine/embed/#?secret=ERmNtCNSae" width="600" height="338" title="“The Revival of Kilembe Mine” — Published By UPPC" data-secret="ERmNtCNSae" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://govinfohub.go.ug/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://govinfohub.go.ug/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/4-768x1024.png7681024Once a cornerstone of Uganda’s economy in the 1960s and 70s, Kilembe Mine fell into decline in the late 1970s and eventually shut down in the early 1980s. Political instability, insecurity, and successive armed conflicts led to its collapse in 1982. The mine had been significant enough to justify the extension of the Uganda Railway […]