Tag Archives: Lake Albert

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 families in Kikuube district are sleeping out in the cold following their eviction from Lake Albert shores. The families are affected by the second phase of the closure of illegal landing sites by Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF, which kicked off on …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The devastating floods resulting from the rising levels of water in Lake Albert have submerged more than 400 homesteads in Hoima district displacing more than 2000 people. The most affected people are at Kiryamboga, Nana, Fofo, Rwentale and Hoimo landing sites in Tonya parish …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More 200 homesteads in Butiaba sub-county in Buliisa district have been submerged due to the rising water levels in Lake Albert. The homes were submerged on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The most affected people are from the landing sites of Butiaba, Tugombilli, Kigungu Serule, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tullow Oil has set dates for meeting its shareholders as part of the planned sale of its stake in the Lake Albert Development Project in Uganda. The company according to the UK rules issued a circular and notice for its general meeting relating to …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda peoples Defense forces-UPDF Fisheries Protection Unit is taking over security across Lake Albert in one of the measures to combat illegal fishing. The deployment comes after the closure of illegal landing sites on the Lake Albert. The UPDF was first deployed in …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 homesteads in Butiaba sub-county, Buliisa district have been submerged by water from the rising levels of Lake Albert. The most affected people are from the landing sites of Kawaibanda, Butiaba, Boma, Kigangaizi, Tugombili, Walukuba, Bugoigo, Kamagongoro, Kigungu, Serule, Piida, Waisoki, Triangle …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen who were recently evicted from illegal landing sites across Lake Albert in Bunyoro sub-region have been advised to embrace farming in order to sustain their livelihood. More than 200 landing sites in the districts of Hoima, Buliisa and Kikuube were listed for closure …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The bodies of eight people who drowned in Lake Albert when their boat capsized on Monday have been recovered. The eight were returning to Hoima district together with several others from a funeral in Mukambu Mahagi zone in Bunia district in the Democratic Republic …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen people are feared dead after a boat capsized on Lake Albert on Monday morning. The boat carrying over 20 people, residents of Mbegu landing site in Buseruka sub country in Hoima district reportedly capsized at around 3 am. The occupants of the boat …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been quarantined at Hoima School of Nursing and Midwifery in Hoima district. The four are said to have entered the country through the porous border points of Lake Albert on May 30, 2020. they were sighted …