Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
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Flooding in Nsooba Lubigi drainage channel.<br />
Houses and a school are submerged in the<br />
water in 2007.<br />
Floods at Kyambogo junction: construction<br />
<strong>of</strong> industries in wetlands which are drainage<br />
channels interferes with the flow <strong>of</strong> water<br />
causing constant flooding at this junction. Traffic<br />
is blocked for hours in many cases.<br />
Dumping <strong>of</strong> solid waste in Nakivubo channel is<br />
choking the Nakivubo wetland. Nakivubo channel<br />
cleans waste water from Kampala before it is<br />
discharged into Lake Victoria. This wetland is<br />
under threat due to cultivation <strong>of</strong> yams and illegal<br />
settlements.<br />
The Kaawa Boat, one <strong>of</strong> the main transport vessels<br />
between <strong>Uganda</strong> and Tanzania docks at Port-Bell in<br />
Luzira. The water is currently infested with an algae<br />
bloom and a smelly stench hovers over the area.<br />
The main cause is pollution <strong>of</strong> Lake Victoria waters<br />
by pollutants from Nakivubo Channel.<br />
These buildings were constructed in wetlands<br />
which are the water ways for drainage into<br />
Lake Victoria. The houses were flooded in 2007<br />
temporarily interfering with traffic and business<br />
along the Kampala-Entebbe highyway.<br />
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