Tag Archives: Lake Bunyonyi

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Ramsar Committee has endorsed Lake Bunyonyi as a ramsar site. A ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention that was established in 1971 during an intergovernmental environmental treaty by the United Nations Educational, …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 27-year-old guard at Rock Resort in Kabale district has drowned in Lake Bunyonyi while trying to swim. The deceased has been identified as Twailu Ahimbibiswe, a resident of Myaliro village, Myaliro parish, Manyogaseka sub-county, Kasanda district. The resort is located at the shores of …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will only develop four out of the projected nine landing sites during the establishment of ferry services on Lake Bunyonyi. The possibility of ferry services on Africa’s second deepest lake is a result of a campaign commitment made in 2015 …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has finally established a marine detachment on Lake Bunyonyi in South Western Uganda. Located in Kabale and Rubanda district, the 900-meter deep lake is the second deepest in Africa and one of the top tourism revenue earners for Uganda. Local authorities …

Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 57-year-old man who has been on the run for hacking his biological mother to death in Rubanda district has been found dead. Reuben Ruhamire’s lifeless body was found floating on Lake Bunyonyi on Wednesday following his disappearance on Saturday after hacking his 80-year-old mother, Grace …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Kitumba Sub County in Kabale District are struggling to access services at Bwama Health Centre III.  Located at Bwama Island in the middle of Lake Bunyonyi, Bwama health centre III serves residents from Kitumba sub-county and Bufundi sub-county in Rubanda district.   However, there …

Kabale, Uganda | Julius Businge |  Bwama primary school administration in Kitumba sub-county, Ndorwa west county of Kabale district is struggling to raise funds to fuel engine canoes for transporting Primary Seven and Six pupils crossing Lake Bunyonyi. Located at Bwama island, the Church of Uganda government-aided primary school has no …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Uganda Police is set to establish a detachment on Lake Bunyonyi in South Western Uganda owning to the reported increase in crime rates and drowning there.  The move follows the wide spread outcry that the high crime rates and drowning are threatening tourism around …

Rubanda, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  Five more people have drowned in Lake Bunyonyi, barely a week after three people drowned in the same lake. The deceased have been identified as Grolia Tuhimbise, her children, Shanitah Ruhangariyo 1 and half years and Sandra Kyokusiima, 10 months, all residents of Karambo village in …

Rubanda, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two people have drowned in Lake Bunyonyi, Rubanda district after the canoe they were travelling in capsized.  The dead include Maureen Ninsiima 15, a student at Cream land High School Kabale and Evidence Kakuru, 15.  The incident occurred on Wednesday evening in Karambo village. According …