COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | As I approached Masese Landing Site in Jinja City’s Southern Division, the first thing that caught my attention was the beautiful, newly constructed Search and Rescue (SAR) Centre and the bright orange rescue boats docked on the water. The facility has given …
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Mukono, Uganda | URN | Fishermen from eight landing sites in Mpunge Sub-county, Mukono District, have petitioned the Ministry of Fisheries to investigate alleged illegal fishing in a protected breeding area on Lake Victoria. The fishermen claim that Harrison Porter, a foreign national operating from Bulago Island, has been allowed …
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Uganda’s seven-decade electricity journey reveals the gap between generating electricity and getting it reliably into homes, businesses and communities Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On April 29, 1954, Uganda switched on a new chapter in its economic history. At Owen Falls, where the Nile leaves Lake Victoria, the country’s …
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As late as the early nineties, railway waggons could be rolled onto ferries and carried across Lake Victoria to Mwanza in Tanzania and Kisumu in Kenya, where cargo rejoined the railway systems leading to Dar es Salaam and Mombasa. The lake was, in effect, part of Uganda’s railway Kampala, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has ruled out the transportation of petroleum products across Lake Victoria, warning that an accident involving a fuel vessel could contaminate one of Uganda’s most important freshwater resources. Museveni said Uganda should instead rely on pipelines and railways to move petroleum products, …
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DUNGA BEACH, Kenya | DAVIS J WEDDI – SciDev.Net | For years, fish farmers at Dunga Beach, along Kenya’s stretch of Lake Victoria, lived with a dread that never really left them. They could end one day looking out at cages packed with healthy tilapia and begin the next …
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Whether via emergency evacuation or outreach vaccination, Uganda’s boat ambulances are life-preservers for remote island communities Mukono, Uganda | JOHN MUSENZE | When 36-year-old Rebecca Nabiryo began bleeding four months into her pregnancy, midwife Ruth Gokyalya was more worried than she would have been if they hadn’t both …
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DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua | Tanzanian Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba on Thursday called on East African Community (EAC) member states to strengthen cooperation in protecting and conserving Lake Victoria, saying it is a vital shared resource that supports the livelihoods and economies of millions of people in the region. …
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COMMENT | NADA ANDERSEN | The water levels of Lake Victoria – that the locals call Lake Nalubale – have risen dramatically in recent years, displacing communities, destroying livelihoods, and causing ecological damage – yet public awareness and policy responses remain weak. Despite an article in the New Vision on 3rd …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala on Tuesday launched a new ferry route across Lake Victoria. MV Rafiki , with a 250-passenger capacity will connect Islanders on Bukasa Island, Kalangala District, to the mainland. The vessel will connect directly …
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