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Maritime expert challenges transporters on regular safety drills

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Novat Mukajanga Baliremwa, a marine engineering specialist, has emphasized the importance of conducting regular safety drills for operators of public water transport vessels. His call comes in response to a recent incident involving MV Nodl, which caused panic among nearly 100 passengers traveling on …

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Tanzanian VP calls for protection of Lake Victoria water sources

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian Vice President Philip Mpango on Thursday called for the protection of water sources that flow into Lake Victoria, one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes. Mpango made the call shortly before he laid the foundation stone for a 24.4-billion-Tanzanian-shilling (about 10.4 million U.S. …

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‘Demarcate fishing zones to safeguard breeding areas’

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, has called for setting up of  beacons on Lake Victoria that demarcate no-fishing zones. According to Nankabirwa who is a former Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Bulago Island covers a lacustrine area where …

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Kalangala fishermen decry increasing cross-border robberies

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persistent robberies and targeted attacks by criminals on Lake Victoria waters are threatening the operations of fishermen in Kalangala islands. According to fishermen at Nkose island, Kalangala district, they have in the last two months lost at least 40 boat engines, estimated at 480 million …

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Buganda kingdom queries issuance of land titles under the lake

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda kingdom has questioned ways through which a one Hamis Kiggundu acquired land titles under Lake Victoria. Speaking to journalists at Bulange Mengo, the kingdom spokesperson Noah Kiyimba expressed dismay at how Hamis Kiggundu was able to acquire land titles in the lake, something unacceptable under …

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