Wetlands in SW Uganda, NWP 99. - Foodnet

NATIONAL WETLANDS CONSERVATION AND 

MANAGAEMENT PROGRAMME 

DRAFT REPORT ON 

MAPPING WETLANDS IN THE DISTRICTS OF BUSHENYI, 

NTUNGAMO, RUKUNGIRI, KABALE AND KISORO. 

July 1999 

Ministry of Water Lands and Environment 

P.O. Box 9629, Kampala, Uganda. 

Tel: 251375, e-mail: wetlands@imul.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

The work contained in this report is a combined effort of the members of staff of the National 

Biomass Study Project. All the members played their parts diligently to see that the work is 

successfully completed. Nevertheless it would be unfair not to mention a few. The Project 

would like to recognise the contribution by Mr. John Diisi who spearheaded the planning of 

the whole exercise. Specifically we thank him for the work on field data collection and data 

capture. Recognition also goes to Mr. John Begumana for the role he played in data 

collection, and spatial and editing. Thanks also go to Mr. Karatunga Ali and Mr. Amadra Ori- 

Okido who did all the work of map designing and production. 

The Project is also grateful to the staff of the National Wetlands Conservation and 

management Programme for their co-operation during the entire period of the study. Special 

recognition goes to Ms. Norah Namakambo who was the main player from the Wetlands 

Programme. 

We can not forget the contribution by the local staff at district level who did their best to 

assist field teams during data collection. In particular thanks go to the District Environment 

Officers and/or District Forest Officers of Bushenyi, Rukungiri, Ntungamo, Kabale and 

Kisoro. 

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EXCECUTIVE SUMMARY 

The National Biomass Study (NBS) mapped wetlands in south-western Uganda in the districts 

of Bushenyi, Rukungiri, Ntungamo, Kabale and Kisoro. The objective of the exercise was to 

survey, describe, quantify and map wetlands in these districts. 

In collaboration with the National Wetlands Programme, a classification system was 

developed to enable detailed description of the wetlands. The classification makes it possible 

to describe wetlands according to their status and type. Is the wetland natural or modified? Is 

the cover of the wetland grass, papyrus, or forest? 

The NBS field teams visited all accessible wetlands in the mentioned districts for data 

collection. Materials used included existing SPOT satellite imagery, land cover/use maps and 

topographic maps. These items were used in locating and assessing the status and type of 

wetlands. The data collected was recorded while in the field and later in the office, entered 

into a Geographical Information System (GIS) for analysis and mapping. 

Having done spatial and attribute editing and analysis, it was found out that substantial areas 

of wetlands have been converted into other types for various uses. In Bushenyi district there is 

a wetland area of 250skm. Of these, 13% has been converted to subsistence farmland, and 

14% into improved pasture. Papyrus and other sedges constitute 40%. 53% of the wetlands 

are permanent while 47% are seasonal. 

In Kabale district, wetlands cover 97skm of which 42% are seasonal and 58% are 

permanently wet. Grasslands cover 20.3%, subsistence farmland 60.4% while Papyrus and 

other sedges cover 16%. Woodlots in wet areas cover about 3%. 

In Kisoro district wetlands cover 25skm of which 12% are seasonal and 88% permanently 

wet. Grasslands constitute 11%, Cyperus species 32% and subsistence farmland 57%. 

Ntungamo district has 101skm of wetlands of which 62% are permanently wet and 38% are 

seasonally wet. All the permanent wetlands are under Papyrus or sedges. The rest of the 

wetlands include grasslands and traces of swamp forest and subsistence farmland. 

Rukungiri district has 154skm of wetlands, 76% of which are permanent and 24% are 

seasonally wet. Swamp forests cover 30%, grasslands 15% and subsistence farmland 40%. 

The rest of the wetlands are Cyperus spp, bushes and thickets. 

According to percentages, and not the physical area of wetlands per district, wetland 

modification was found to be most intensive in Kabale and Kisoro districts. They have the 

smallest area of wetlands and more than half of their wetland estate has been modified. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

TABLE OF CONTENTS IV 

INTRODUCTION 1 

METHODOLOGY 1 

CLASSIFICATION 1 

FIELDWORK 2 

PREPARATION AND MATERIALS USED FOR FIELDWORK 2 

DATA COLLECTED 3 

OFFICE WORK 3 

GEO-REFERENCING SPOT IMAGERY 3 

VECTORISING / UPDATING LUC LAYERS 3 

ENTERING FIELD DATA INTO A GIS 3 

ENTERING DATA FROM WETLANDS PROGRAM 4 

DATA VERIFICATION 4 

DATA ANALYSIS 5 

MAP PRODUCTION 5 

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 6 

BUSHENYI DISTRICT 6 

KABALE DISTRICT 8 

KISORO DISTRICT 11 

NTUNGAMO DISTRICT 14 

RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT 15 

CONCLUSION 18 

THE STATUS OF WETLANDS 18 

MAPPING 19 

APPENDIX 1 20 

TERMS OF REFERENCE 20 

ALL WETLANDS 24 

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LIST OF TABLES 

TABLE 1 CODES OF LAND COVER CLASSES ...................................................................................................... 3 

TABLE 2 CODES OF WETLAND TYPES............................................................................................................... 4 

TABLE 3 WETLAND TYPES OF BUSHENYI DISTRICT ......................................................................................... 6 

TABLE 4 WETLAND SYSTEMS OF BUSHENYI DISTRICT .................................................................................... 7 

TABLE 5 WETLAND TYPES OF KABALE DISTRICT ............................................................................................ 9 

TABLE 6 WETLAND SYSTEMS OF KABALE DISTRICT ..................................................................................... 10 

TABLE 7 WETLAND TYPES OF KISORO DISTRICT ........................................................................................... 11 

TABLE 8 WETLAND SYSTEMS OF KISORO DISTRICT ...................................................................................... 11 

TABLE 9 WETLAND TYPES OF NTUNGAMO DISTRICT..................................................................................... 15 

TABLE 10 WETLAND SYSTEMS OF NTUNGAMO DISTRICT.............................................................................. 15 

TABLE 11 WETLAND TYPES OF RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT ................................................................................... 16 

TABLE 12 WETLAND SYSTEMS OF RUKYNGIRI DISTRICT .............................................................................. 16 

TABLE 13 AREA OF WETLANDS BY DISTRICT AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM .......................................................... 20 

TABLE 14 SUMMARY OF MODIFIED WETLANDS PER DISTRICT ....................................................................... 20 

TABLE 15 MODIFIED WETLANDS PER DISTRICT ............................................................................................. 21 

LIST OF FIGURES 

FIGURE 1 BUSHENYI DISTRICT........................................................................................................................ 7 

FIGURE 2 KABLE DISTRICT ............................................................................................................................. 9 

FIGURE 3 KISORO DISTRICT .......................................................................................................................... 13 

FIGURE 4 NTUNGAMO DISTRICT.................................................................................................................... 14 

FIGURE 5 RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT .................................................................................................................... 17 

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Introduction 

The goal of The National Wetlands Conservation and Management Programme is to sustain 

the biophysical and economic values of wetlands for present and future generations. One of 

its main objectives is to develop capacity for wetland conservation and management at district 

level. This involves developing the capacity of district administrations to assess wetland 

resources and plan their management through their involvement in inventory work. The task 

at hand is to survey, describe quantify and map wetlands in districts of Bushenyi, Kabale, 

Kisoro, Ntungamo, and Rukungiri. 

Wetlands have always existed and known by traditional names by the people around them. 

Surveys on fauna, flora, water flow and quality have been done on some wetlands in the 

country. Physical locations were also mapped in the 1950s and 1960s by the Surveys and 

Mapping Department as can be seen from the Y732 Topographic maps of Uganda. The 

National biomass Study mapped land cover including wetlands for the whole country in 1994. 

Before the mapping by the NBS, there was no database that one could use to readily 

determine areas of wetlands. Even with the NBS mapping, some information on wetlands was 

still lacking. The objective of land cover/use mapping by NBS was the general land cover and 

not directed at wetland inventory. This is why the NBS was asked to map wetlands in greater 

detail to provide the hitherto missing information. 

Field teams visited wetlands in the five districts and collected data on wetlands and recorded 

it according to a classification agreed upon by the Wetlands Programme and NBS. The data 

was later captured into a Geographical Information system for analysis and map production. 

Maps showing the status and types of wetlands per district were produced in large scale and 

presented. Other outcomes are contained in this report. 

This report gives a chronology of the whole exercise of mapping the wetlands in the 

mentioned districts. The first part gives the details of preparations done for the study and the 

methodology used. It also explains the steps gone through during data capture, editing of 

physical maps and the information they contain (spatial and attribute data) and the process of 

map production. The second part contains results of the study presented as tables and 

descriptions. The tables show wetlands organised by districts, drainage systems, and wetland 

systems. 

Methodology 

Classification 

Whereas district officers were assigned to carry out wetland inventories, the classification and 

mapping was contracted to the National Biomass Study (NBS), Forest Department as 

consultants. The NBS was to carry out this task in close collaboration with the Wetlands Unit 

and offer backstopping services to district officers while collecting data in the field. 

While mapping the land cover of the country, the NBS gradually developed a classification 

system of 13 classes and this is the one that is currently being used. One of the major classes 

is wetland. In this class, the ground is permanently wet and the vegetation growing there had 

to be papyrus or other sedges, floating plants like Pistia spp, or reeds like Phragmites spp. In 

other major land cover classes with wet areas, classes were qualified with a sub-class 

depending on the wetness of the ground i.e. seasonally wet (s) and permanently wet (p). 

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Since the objective of NBS was determining the quantity and distribution of woody biomass, 

data collected in wetland areas was not sufficient for the objectives of the Wetland 

Programme. It was therefore necessary to develop a classification that would take care of 

details as required by the Wetlands Programme. 

The Wetlands Programme and the NBS agreed on the following classification: 

Seasonal wetlands: 

• Swamp forest 

• Palms and thickets 

• Grassland 

• Modified 

Permanent wetlands: 

• Swamp forest 

• Papyrus 

• Non-papyrus 

• Modified 

• Open water 

Swamp forest, whether seasonal or permanent, can consist of vegetation cover ranging from 

thick closed canopy forests, to open canopy forests and woodlands. Palms and thickets consist 

of thick or sparse palm trees and or scattered trees and shrubs. Grassland wetlands are 

dominated by grass while modified wetlands are those that have been converted to pasture, 

farmland or built up. The modified wetland is represented by the use it has been converted to. 

Fieldwork 

Preparation and Materials used for fieldwork 

Mapping was done at a scale of 1:50,000. Land use/cover (LUC) map sheets covering the five 

districts were plotted for use as base maps during fieldwork. These maps show land cover as 

mapped previously by the NBS. They were to be used as base maps for detailed updating of 

the wetlands. 

Multi-spectral SPOT satellite imagery were used as a reference to show locations and shapes 

of wetlands. The imagery could show small wetlands, natural or converted, which had been 

neglected or ignored during the initial mapping. Wetness of the ground can be directly 

interpreted from the imagery. 

The imagery used were taken in 1992/93 because there are no very recent imagery covering 

that region. The latest imagery that cover a few parts of Uganda were taken in 1995. Changes 

on the ground between 1993 and 1995 were presumed to be insignificant compared to the 

thousands of dollars needed to acquire a new set of imagery. The fact that the imagery were 4 

to 5 years old at the time of doing this study did not have a significant impact on mapping 

because wetlands are partly natural physical features in valleys that don’t change quickly and 

secondly due to intensive ground truthing done. 

GPS units were used for navigation purposes. They helped in locating positions of changed or 

modified wetlands on the map for delineating. They also helped in locating and determining 

extents of wetlands, which were being mapped for the first time. 

Topographic Y732 maps covering the five districts were also carried along for navigational 

purposes. 

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Data collected 

Field teams were dispatched to cover the districts in question. All the accessible wetlands 

were visited and observed. Data was collected for the following aspects: 

• Whether the size and shape are intact in relation to the NBS LUC maps and satellite 

imagery 

• Whether the wetland has been modified and if so the modified area was delineated on the 

LUC base map and the class and type noted. Detailed delineation was to be done later on 

the computer. 

• During the initial national mapping exercise by the NBS, some wet areas had been 

disregarded due to their small sizes and were just generalised into the neighbouring land 

cover class. This time such previously omitted wetlands were isolated and delineated. 

• The class and wetness of the wetland according to the developed classification above was 

noted and recorded 

Office work 

Geo-referencing spot imagery 

When all the fieldwork was completed, the data was taken to the office for entry into a predesigned 

database. 

A satellite image for a particular map sheet was geo-referenced so that it could exactly fit 

geometrically its corresponding land use layer in the NBS database. For example, satellite 

image number 85/2 was geo-referenced to fit LUC layer number 85/2. This was done in order 

to overlay the LUC layer onto the image so that the layer could be edited directly referring to 

the imagery in the background. 

Vectorising / updating LUC layers 

After geo-referencing the image, the LUC layer was loaded for editing. Delineations of 

modified wetlands that were made in the field and recorded on base maps were transferred to 

the digital LUC layer. In cases where the edges of existing mapped wetlands had changed, the 

boarders of the same polygons on the digital layer were correspondingly modified. Where 

some wetlands were being mapped for the first time, new polygons were digitised. These 

represented the current shapes and sizes of wetlands on the ground. 

Entering field data into a GIS 

Entering attributes collected from the field into the modified polygons followed spatial 

editing. Data entered would be the cover class of the wetland such as grassland, and then the 

type of wetness such as seasonal or permanent. 

Codes were used to represent the land cover or use of the wetland. The classes and their codes 

are shown in Table 1 

Table 1 Codes of land cover classes 

Class Code 

Broad-leaved woodlots 1 

Swamp forest 5 

Thickets 6 

Grasslands 7 

Papyrus and other sedges 8 

Farmland 9 

Built up area 11 

Open water 12 

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In addition to codes representing cover/use, two extra codes were used indicate the degree of 

wetness. This was to distinguish the seasonally wet from the permanently wet one. The codes 

used are: 

• Seasonally wet s 

• Permanently wet p 

Additional information collected on wetlands was the status. This was particularly so with 

grasslands that were converted into improved pasture. In addition, wetlands under papyrus 

and other sedges were singled out because of their importance. These codes are: 

• Papyrus and sedges a 

• Improved pasture i 

For example, a seasonal wetland that has been modified into grassland pasture would be 

coded as 7si. 

The types of wetlands encountered in the mapped region are shown in Table 2. Codes will be 

used in subsequent tables to save space. 

Table 2 Codes of wetland types 

1s Broad-leaved woodlots e.g. Eucalyptus 

5s Swamp forest 

6s Seasonal wetland dominated by bushes and thickets 

7s Seasonally wet grassland 

7si Seasonally wet grassland modified into pasture 

9s Seasonal wetland modified into farmland 

11s Seasonally wet built up area 

8a Permanent wetland with papyrus and/or other sedges 

7p Permanent wetland dominated by grasses 

7pi Permanently wet grassland modified into pasture 

9p Permanent wetland modified into farmland 

Entering data from Wetlands program 

The Wetlands Programme provided data on the names of wetland systems and drainage 

systems. Different parts of the same wetland system are normally called different names. So 

the polygon of such a wetland system was split and each piece given its local name. Not all 

names for the individual wetland units were available. 

Data verification 

When all the data was entered into the database, queries were used to check if there were any 

polygons without data that they should contain. Queries were also used to search for data that 

could be in a wrong place. If found such errors were promptly corrected. Secondly draft 

copies on the maps were plotted so that they could be visually checked for any errors. The 

Wetlands Programme staff also checked the draft maps for a second opinion. 

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Data analysis 

Data analysis was mainly in creating summaries for area statements for: 

I. Area of each wetland system 

II. Area of wetlands in each district 

III. Area of each wetland unit 

IV. Description of wetland distribution 

V. Drainage systems per district 

Although map production was done to a great extent using ArcView and ArcInfo, analysis 

was done using MS Access, which is more flexible and powerful in data analysis. Attribute 

files in ArcView are in dbase format and can be linked to a database in Access directly. 

A database was created in Access and a link was created to the attribute table of wetlands of 

each district. This means if changes or updates are made in the attribute table of wetlands of a 

particular district, they can be viewed directly in Access. In other words you don’t have to 

copy the tables from ArcView to Access every time an update is made. For easy summaries, 

one table (Allwet) was created and all the linked tables were appended to it. Allwet table can 

however not be directly be updated from ArcView since it resides in Access and not 

ArcView. In case of updates or changes in wetland attribute files, update queries were created 

to empty the Allwet file and copy data from linked district wetland attribute tables to update 

the Allwet file. All the queries to perform this task are executed through a macro so that you 

don’t have to append data from each district individually. 

Areas of wetland systems in each district were calculated using a query. It groups drainage 

systems, then groups all wetlands in each drainage system, then groups the classes or types of 

wetlands in each wetland system and then calculates the area of each class in hectares and 

square kilometres. 

Another query summarises the areas in hectares and square kilometres for each wetland type 

for a district. Results of these queries are found in the section of Results and Appendix. 

Map production 

Final maps for the five districts were produced in colour on A0 paper. The main theme of the 

district maps was the wetland layer. Other layers were added to enhance the legibility of the 

maps. Other layers added were: 

• the infrastructure layer showing roads ranging from tarmac down to motorable trucks, 

• administrative layer showing international to sub-county level. Counties are written in a 

font lager than sub-county names. Some urban centres are also shown. 

• gazetted layer showing forest reserves and national parks 

• Rivers layer showing major and minor rivers 

In addition to the legend, each map has a pie chart, which summarises the area percentage 

covered by each wetland type. 

Wetlands are symbolised according to their types such as grasslands, swamp forest etc., and 

also on wetness that is seasonally or permanently wet. For example, grasslands in Kabale fall 

in for categories namely seasonally wet, seasonally wet improved pasture, permanently wet, 

and permanently wet improved pasture. All are symbolised by different colours. 

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Results and Discussion 

Bushenyi District 

Bushenyi district has a total area of 4,287skm. Dry land is 3,668skm and open water is 

369skm. It has a total of 250 square km of wetlands, constituting 5.8% of the district area. 

52.8% are permanently wet while 47.2% are seasonally wet. Papyrus constitutes the largest 

part of the wetlands. They cover about 100skm or 40% followed by seasonally wet grasslands 

that constitute 32% (see Table 3). 14% of the wetlands have been converted to improved 

pasture for diary cattle. Some of the wet grasslands (permanent and seasonal) mapped as 

intact also are used for grazing cattle but it was not possible to include them into the improved 

pasture class with certainty. Cultivation has claimed 13% of the wetlands. 

Wetlands are wider in the lower half of the district in the counties of Sheema and Ruhinda. 

Their relief is a transition from rift valley ranges into plains of Mbarara and Ntungamo 

districts. In these counties it is common to find that seasonal wetlands have been converted 

into improved pasture. 

Table 3 Wetland types of Bushenyi district 

Class Area-ha Area-skm Proportion 

5s 2948.86 29.49 11.8% 

6s 171.68 1.72 0.7% 

7p 600.04 6.00 2.4% 

7s 4500.44 45.00 18.0% 

7sI 3574.96 35.75 14.3% 

8a 9972.28 99.72 39.9% 

8b 4.95 0.05 0.0% 

8p 28.09 0.28 0.1% 

9p 2588.27 25.88 10.4% 

9s 615.83 6.16 2.5% 

Total 25005.40 250.05 100.0% 

Drainage valleys in Ruhinda, Bunyaruguru, Igara and Buhweju counties are narrow as they 

are squeezed between steep slopes. In most cases, terrain starts rising right from the 

riverbanks and leave no room for wetlands. Where terrain allows a wetland to exist, the 

wetland is permanently wet. This condition contributed most in protecting the existing unmodified 

wetlands. It can be noted that in Ruhinda for example, valleys have been modified 

into agricultural subsistence farmland. Attempts to convert them into pasture have failed due 

to permanent wetness. 

Wetlands in the rift valley are wide and benefit from the protection of the national park. These 

are the only places that still have swamp forests in Bushenyi district. 

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Figure 1 Bushenyi District 

LEGEND 

GAZETTED AREA 

ROAD S 

Forest Reserve 

National Park 

Wildlife R eserve 

Lake Edward 

Tarmac road 

Murram road (all w eather) 

Murram road (dry w eather ) 

Motorable track 

ADMI NI STR ATI VE BOUN DA RIES 

National 

District 

County 

Sub-County 

RIV ER 

Major River 

Minor R iver 

SEASONAL WETLANDS 

Thi ckets 

Swamp F orest 

Grassland (Natural) 

Farmland 

PERMANENT WET LANDS 


Farmland 

Papyrus & other sedges 

OTHER S 

Open Water 

Built-up Area 

KISENYI 

BUNYARUGURU 

North Maramagambo CFR (DJM) 

Kigezi GR 

KANYABWANGA 


MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 

BUSHENYI DISTRICT WETLANDS 

KI CH WAM BA 

BIT EREKO 

Kazinga Ch ann el 

L. Nyamusingire 

RUHINDA 

KASHENSHERO 

Queen Elizabe th NP 

KY AMUHUNG A 

NYABUBARE 

MITOOMA 

L. Katinda KATERERA 

L. Mirambi 

RUBIRIZI 

L. Che ma 

L. Kariya 

L. Kabarongi 

BIH ANGA 

L. Luijongo 

L. Kamunzuka 

L. Kyasanduka 

Lake Nkugute 

L. Kaguba Lake Murabyo 

North Maramagambo CFR 

Queen Elizabeth NP 

Kalinzu CF R 

MITOMA 

Nyamuhizi 

MUKIBIRIZ I 

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L. Chibwera 

RYE RU 

KABIRA KITAGATA 

MUTARA 

L. Ma sec he 

L.Bagusa 

Chambura GR 

L. Nshenyi 

L. Mugogo 

MASHONG A 

IGARA 

KYAMUHUNGA 

Kyamuhunga L FR 

ISHAKA 

L. Kyamwiga 

KA KANJU 

Kasyoha-Kitomi CFR 

BUSHENYI T.C. 

BURERE 

KY ABU GIMBI 

BUM BE IRE 

KY EIZO BA 

Kyamugambira 

Kandekye 

KITAGATA 

L. Bugwagi 

Kashewanzi 

BUGO NGI 

KITEMBE 

SHUUKU 

BUHWEJU 

KY ANGENYI 

KAGUNGO KABWOHE 

KA RUNGU 

NSIKA 

RWENGWE 

MASHERUK A 

KIGARAMA 

KIBINGO 

Ka bwohe LFR Ko og a L FR 

KA GANGO 

SHEEMA 

Kakorogoto 

Kabura 

Rugasha 

Koga 

Migyera-Kisenyi 

N 

Scale 1:15 0,00 0 

Bushenyi district has three drainage systems; the closed, L. Edward/L. George and L. Victoria 

systems. The wetland systems that make these drainage systems are shown in Table 4. The 

closed systems are in the rift valley-land-formations in Bunyaruguru county. They are located 

on the shores of crater lakes. The L. Victoria system is in the east of the district in Sheema 

county and flow south into river Rwizi. Most of the district is drained by the L. Edward/L. 

George drainage system, which eventually end in L. Edward, Kazinga channel and L. George. 

Table 4 Wetland Systems of Bushenyi district 

Drainage System Wetland System Hectares Skm Sub-Total 

Closed 

Bugasa 20.73 0.21 

L. Kyamwongo 8.70 0.09 

L. Nyamusingire 11.59 0.12 

Maseche 15.45 0.15 

Nyabutare 46.55 0.47


Rugazi-Omukasinga 39.00 0.39 1.42 

Edward/George 

Victoria 

Buhindagi 701.23 7.01 

Chambura 512.50 5.12 

Kafu-Mpanga 278.75 2.79 

Kakari-Katerera 322.03 3.22 

Kandekye-Ruhorobero 2977.37 29.77 

Kanyara-Nyampimbi 284.11 2.84 

Karujugo 226.33 2.26 

Kasharara 450.72 4.51 

Katarimwa(Katarimu) 299.23 2.99 

Katereza 264.79 2.65 

Kifuka-Kibare 150.86 1.51 

Kitarema 36.36 0.36 

Kyamugambira-Kitimbi-Kyarwigi-Kitagata 1642.28 16.42 

L. Edward Margins 639.72 6.40 

Mbika 94.75 0.95 

Nchwera 584.65 5.85 

Ntungu 230.58 2.31 

Nyamahizi-Kateizi-Kasere 540.69 5.41 

Nyamirembe-Katoma-Kabushoro 770.77 7.71 

Nyamweru 703.88 7.04 

Nyaruteme 31.04 0.31 

Nyaruzinga 16.64 0.17 

Rushisha 76.49 0.76 

Rutanda 1306.26 13.06 

Rwabanjeri-Karugorora 815.69 8.16 

Tiguhonoka 148.88 1.49 

Warugo 146.10 1.46 142.53 

Kabiso 22.96 0.23 

Kabura 741.32 7.41 

Kakorogoto 975.37 9.75 

Kamira 122.98 1.23 

Katara 194.50 1.95 

Koga 4299.31 42.99 

Mijera-Kishenyi 3074.48 30.74 

Nchwezi-Runyinya 337.54 3.38 

Nyakishana 10.07 0.10 

Nyangoma 302.93 3.03 

Rugasha 419.49 4.19 

Rwizi 109.69 1.10 106.11 

Kabale District 

Kabale district has a total area of 1,729.6skm. A total of about 97 square km or 5.6% of the 

district area is under wetlands. Dry land constitutes 1,582skm while open water is 50skm. 

Woodlots are about 3%, grasslands 20%, papyrus and other sedge wetlands about 16%, and 

subsistence 60% 

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Figure 2 Kabale District 

Kiririma 

K abaya 

Mul in di 

Kan yamu ab o 

IK UM BA 

N 

Rwe sanziro 

MUK O 

Kisoro 

Scale 1:100,000 

Nyakal anga 

Ruhuma 

M urub ut i 

Kigyeyo 

Ruhuhuma 

5 0 5 10 Kilom eter s 

Ishasha 

Kash asha 

Ch ar a 

RUBANDA 

BUFUNDI 

Vig ag a or K iru ruma 

Rute nga 

La ke Bunyonyi 

Mug ye ra 

Lubaya 

HAMUR WA 

Kiru ruma 

Bisur a 

RUBAYA 

Gweru bay 



KABALE DISTRICT WETLANDS 

Kisizi 

Rush om a 

Kiruruma Norht 

KITUMBA 

Rushama 

G w amauru 

KAS HAMBYA 

BUBALE 

KABALE M.C. 

Niach at i 

KAMUGANGUZI 

Katuna 

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Ni mparo 

Kach enag a 

KYANAMIRA 

Nyab usab i 

Ka nzok o 

RWAMUCUCU 

Kanyabaha 

NDORWA 

Kiruruma South 

BUHARA 

Nakabi mbi 

RUKIG A 

Kabizi 

Ka lweru 

RWANDA 

KAHARO 

Mu n ciro 

BUKINDA 

Kabizi 

Mivum ba 

Kabi gondo 

MAZIBA 

Ka hon do 

Ch og o 

KAMWEZI 

Area d istri bu t io n pe r Wetl an d ty pe 

(in square kilometers) 

15.2(10.3% ) 

26.5(18.8%) 

3.6 (2. 4%) 

3.7(2.5 %) 

31.9(21.7%) 

5.7( 3.9%) 

6.7( 4.6%) 

0.9(0.6 

2 .6(1.7%) 

L ubi rizi 

LEGEND 

ROADS 

Tarmac road 

Murram road (all weather) 

Murram road (dry weather) 

Motorable trac k 

ADMINISTRATIVE BO UNDARIES 

In te rn at io na l 

Di stric t 

County 

Sub-County 

GAZETTED AREA 

Forest Re serve 

Na ti on al Park 

RIVERS 

Ma jo r Ri ve r 

Mi no r R iv er 


Thickets 


Grass land (Pasture) 

Fa rml an d 

Woodlots 

PERMANENT WETLANDS 



Fa rml an d 


Woodlots 

OTHERS 

Op en Wa ter 

Buil t-up Area 

Most of the wetlands have been modified. Of the 96.8 skm of wetlands in Kabale, 71.4skm or 

73.7% have been converted and put to various uses (see Table 5). About 10skm (about 11%) 

have been converted into improved grassland for pasture while 58.5skm have been converted 

into subsistence agricultural farmland. Some wetlands like the one along Katuna road switch 

between grazing and cultivation periodically probably depending on seasons and level of 

wetness. Some parts of Kabale town are on wetlands. 

Table 5 Wetland types of Kabale district 


1p 209.91 2.10 2.2% 

1s 53.76 0.54 0.6% 

6s 87.60 0.88 0.9% 

7p 566.24 5.66 5.9% 

7pI 668.72 6.69 6.9% 

7s 367.94 3.68 3.8% 

7sI 358.63 3.59 3.7%


8a 1521.52 15.22 15.7% 

9p 2650.25 26.50 27.4% 

9s 3194.50 31.95 33.0% 

Total 9679.06 96.79 100.0% 

Other wetlands have been planted with eucalyptus but the extent was not possible to establish. 

Many wood lots of Eucalyptus have been planted in or at the fringes of both seasonal and 

permanent wetlands. Most of the individual wood lots are too small to be mapped as polygon 

features at the scale used. Small wood lots have been represented by squares. Mapped wood 

lots in wetlands total 2.6skm (see Table 5). 

The degree of wetland reclamation in Kabale is unrivalled in the region. The largest wetland 

units i.e. the Kiruruma south and Kiruruma north are permanently wet but this did not hinder 

those determined to reclaim them. Even today, much effort has to be put in to keep the 

drainage channels open otherwise the reclaimed wetlands can be too water logged for the 

current use. Kanyabaha-Kanyamagogo-Kitaraka-Nomuremu wetland system 

Although situated in hilly terrain, these wetland systems are wide and permanently wet. They 

are similar to U glacier valleys in temperate regions. Many rivers and streams flow through 

narrow V valleys that don’t allow wetland formation. Such cases are evident along the 

northern parts of Ishasha River or in Kamwezi along Chogo and Bugaga streams. 

Kabale district has three drainage systems; the L. Victoria, L. Edward/L. George and L. 

Bunyonyi. L. Victoria and L. Bunyonyi are the biggest covering 42.32skm and 39.36skm 

respectively. As the name suggests, the L. Bunyonyi drainage system is composed of 

wetlands in the fjords of the lake, and those along rivers that drain into the lake. Details of 

wetland systems, wetland types and areas are shown in Table 6 

Table 6 Wetland Systems of Kabale district 

Drainage System 

L.Bunyonyi 

Wetland System Area-ha Area-skm Sub-Total 

Bugoroba 72.01 0.72 

L. Edward 

Bulimba bay 9.80 0.10 

Bunyonyi margins 67.75 0.68 

Gweru bay 872.82 8.73 

Kagoma 220.82 2.21 

Kaliba 7.18 0.07 

Kamiro 36.33 0.36 

Katenga 4.28 0.04 

Kigyeyo-Ruhuhuma 2372.99 23.73 

Kyabahinga-Kacwekano 38.70 0.39 

Kyeni 54.56 0.55 

Kyogo 46.64 0.47 

Niombe 21.29 0.21 

Nyabitabe 16.00 0.16 

Sanja 94.72 0.95 39.36 

Kanyabaha-Kanyamagogo-Kitaraka-Nomuremu 1132.60 11.33 

Muchoya 266.03 2.66 

Ntungu 23.78 0.24 

Nyakasa 88.66 0.89 15.11 

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Drainage System Wetland System Area-ha Area-skm Sub-Total 

L. Victoria 

Ikona 23.06 0.23 

Kabizi 115.82 1.16 

Kachwamba-Kakitumba 117.81 1.18 

Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha 1755.47 17.55 

Kiruruma South 2219.95 22.20 42.32 

Kisoro District 

Kisoro district has a total area of 729.7skm. Of these, wetlands cover 25skm or 3.4% of the 

district area, open water covers 28skm and dry land is 677skm. Wet grasslands constitute 

about 11% of the wetland area, Cyperus species constitute 32% and subsistence farmland 

constitutes 57% (see Table 7). 12.1% of the wet areas are seasonally wet and the rest is 

permanently wet. 

The major part of the wetlands is located in the centre of the district, and in the south-west 

and east of L. Mutanda. Apart from this area, most of the district has sharp V valleys that do 

not allow formation of wetlands. 

There has been major wetland modification in Kisoro district. About 57%, of the wetland area 

has been converted into subsistence farmland most of it located on the eastern fringes of L. 

Mutanda. 

Table 7 Wetland types of Kisoro district 

Class Area-Ha Area-skm Proportion 

7p 197.8 1.98 7.9% 

7s 76.23 0.76 3.0% 

8a 807.87 8.08 32.1% 

9p 1204.78 12.05 47.9% 

9s 228.26 2.28 9.1% 

Total 2514.94 25.15 100.0% 

Almost all the wetland systems in the district are in the L. Edward drainage system. Only a 

very small part of Kigyeyo-Ruhuhuma wetland system, which belongs to the L.Bunyonyi, 

falls in Kisoro. The wetland systems and their areas are shown in Table 8 

Table 8 Wetland Systems of Kisoro district 


Name not available 31.81 0.32 

Edward 

Chahafi 11.83 0.12 

Chosa Bay 147.85 1.48 

Gitundwe 783.66 7.84 

Kabande 15.52 0.16 

Kakangaga 10.44 0.10 

Kaku-Nyabikoni 390.72 3.91 

Karwa 20.81 0.21 

Kiwomba 53.93 0.54 

Kyarero 6.12 0.06 

L. Chazenji (Kyajenge) 11.83 0.12 

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L.Bunyonyi 

Maserere 114.34 1.14 

Muchoya 76.23 0.76 

Mukirumbi 27.39 0.27 

Mulehe 0.72 0.01 

Mulindi 114.09 1.14 

Murugyegye 262.82 2.63 

Mutanda 0.99 0.01 

Ndibahera-Kabaya 23.25 0.23 

Nkanka 18.60 0.19 

Nyabiha 23.46 0.23 

Nyakisozi 26.76 0.27 

Nyarutovu 172.96 1.73 

Ruhezaminda 168.06 1.68 25.14 

Kigyeyo-Ruhuhuma 0.75 0.01 0.01 

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Figure 3 Kisoro District 

KINANIRA 

D. R. CONGO 

N 

Rushuru 

NYABWISHENYA 

BUSANZA 

KIRAMBO 

Nkanka Nyakisozi 

Kabande 

RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT 

NYARUBUYE 

MAZIBA 

BUNAGANA 

Kaku 

Bwindi Impenetrable NP 

Nyabikoni 

NYAKABANDE 

Chosa Bay 

MUTOLERE 

NYAKINAMA 

NYAKINAAMA 

KISORO T.C. 

GASAVE 

MURAMBA 



KISORO DISTRICT WETLANDS 

Mgahinga Gorilla NP 

Ruhezaminda 

Nyarutovu 

Lake Mutanda 

Gitundwe 

NYARUSIZA 

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Kakangaga 

KIRUNDO BUKIMBIRI 

Nyabiha 

Kyarero 

Lake Mulehe 

Mulindi 

NYUNDO 

NYABIHUNIKO 

RWANDA 

Murugyegye 

NYAKABANDE 

CHAHI 

Scale 1:60,000 

KYANIKA 

Ruhengeri 

Kabaya 

ROADS 


OTHE RS 

Ndibahera 

Chazenji 

Karwa 

KANABA 

Ta rm ac road 

Murram road (al l weat her) 


Mot orable truck 

ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIE 

International 

Dist rict 

County 

Sub-County 

GAZETT ED AREA 


National Park 

RIVE R 

Major River 

Minor River 


Grass land (Natural) 

Farmland 

Grass land (Natural) 

Farmland 


Open Water 

Built-up Area 

Maserere 

Echuya CFR 

Kiwomba 

MURORA 

Lake Kayumbu 

Chahafi 

Lake Cyahafi 

Mukirumbi 

Area distribution pe 

Wetland type 

(in square kilometer 

(See legend above) 

8.08 (32.13%) 

12.05 (47.91%) 

KABALE DISTRICT 

5 0 5 Kilometers 

Muko 

Kabale 

Muchoya 

0.76 (3.02 

1.98 (7.87 

2.28 (9.0

Ntungamo District 

Ntungamo district covers a total area of 1917.7skm. Some records have shown that the total 

area was 2,055skm. This could have been due to an error of taking Buhanama parish of 

Mbarara district as part of Ntungamo district. Wetlands in Ntungamo district cover a total 

area of 101skm of which 61.6% are permanently wet and 38.4% are seasonally wet. All in all 

wetlands constitute 5.3% of the district area. Papyrus and other sedges cover 62skm or 61.6% 

of the wetland area as shown in Table 9. This is followed by seasonally wet grasslands, which 

cover 32skm or 32% of the wetland area. 

The counties of Rushenyi and Ruhama are mostly cattle grazing areas as such, most of the 

wet grasslands are used for grazing cattle but about 2% could be classified as improved 

pasture. In the south of the district, in Rufuha and Kachwamba-Kakitumba wetland systems, 

some wetlands are covered by swamp forest and others bushes and thickets. 

Figure 4 Ntungamo District 

Rukungiri 

Ka kono 

Ka hengye 

Ny am ugo ye 

BWONGYERA 

Scale 1:100,000 

0 5 Kilometers 

N 

L. Ny ak i yanja 

NYABIHOKO 

L. Nyabihok o 

RUGARAMA 

Dam 

Kasharara Kashewanzi 

KIBAT SI 

Kyo bugo mbe 

Kabale 

Rwamunaba 

KAJ ARA 

KAYONZA 

K itagata 

Rwamabondo 

RUBAARE 

IHUNGA 

Nyabugongi 

Kyangara 

Kamira 

NTUNGAMO 

Ahanko ndo 

RUSH ENYI 

Kiyanja 

Ka shojwa 

Rufuha 

Ibumba 



NTUNGAMO DISTRICT WETLANDS 

NGO MA 

Mbarara 

Kakingu 

Kakingora 

Ntungam o CFR 

Kyarub ota 

Keitant uregye 

Kamikyeno 

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RWEKIN IR O 

KIZIN GA 

Rutembe 

RUHAAMA 

Ruterana 

NYAKYERA 

RUHAAMA 

Mati mba 

M U N Y E R E 

Ka shanda 

Kafunjo 

Munyere 

RUKONI 

Kijurira-Nyarubira 

Kikagati 

Riero 

Kabobo Kyamwasha 

Kamusenene 

Bizi (Nshenyi-Kibutamo) 

Ar ea distributi on pe r Wetl and type 


30.83 (30.51%) 

62.24 (61 .59% ) 

(See leg e n d) 

3.46 (3.43%) 

1.62 (1. 60%) 

1.43 (1. 42 %) 

1.47 (1. 45%) 

Rwoho CFR 

LEGEND 

ROADS 

Tarmac road 



Motorable trac k 

ADMINISTRATIVE BO UNDARIES 

RIVE R 

In te rn at io na l 

Di stric t 

Co unty 

Sub-County 

Ma jor Ri ve r 

Mi nor R iv er 

GAZETTED AREA 



Thicket 

Swa mp Fo rest 

Grass land (Na tural) 


Fa rml an d 



OTHERS 

Open Wa ter 

Buil t-up Area 

Only less than 2% of the wetlands have been converted into subsistence farmland. 

Modification of wetlands has been aimed at creating grazing rather than agricultural land, as 

is the case in neighbouring Kabale district. Nyabugongyi-Kamira and Rufuha wetland 

systems constitute half of the Ntungamo wetlands. 

The southern parts of the district are plains with wide depressions and this is one of the 

reasons for the existence of wide wetlands in that area. The slow rate of flow due to low

gradients promote water abundance. This in turn discourages reclaiming of permanently wet 

wetlands. As a matter of fact, about 62% of the wetlands are permanent and not converted to 

other uses. 

Table 9 Wetland types of Ntungamo district 

Class Area-ha Area-km Proportion 

5s 346.11 3.46 3.4% 

6s 162.12 1.62 1.6% 

7s 3083.35 30.83 30.5% 

7sI 146.53 1.47 1.5% 

8a 6223.87 62.24 61.6% 

9s 143.35 1.43 1.4% 

Total 10105.33 101.05 100.0% 

The district has two drainage systems; the L. Victoria and L. Edward. There is a reversal 

drainage phenomenon in the north-east of the district. Kakono-Kahengye wetland system 

belongs to L. Edward drainage system and flows to the west, while Nyabugongyi-Kamira to 

which it is connected belongs to the L. Victoria and flows to the west. Areas of the various 

systems are shown in Table 10. 

Table 10 Wetland Systems of Ntungamo district 

Drainage System Wetland System Hectares Skm Sub-total 

L. Edward 

Kakono-Kahengye 569.77 5.70 

Kashewanzi-Kasharara 540.10 5.40 

Kyengu 32.76 0.33 

Rwamabondo 278.32 2.78 14.21 

L. Victoria 

Charubuta-Kashojwa 93.47 0.93 

Chigaaga(Kigaaga) 302.30 3.02 

Kacwamba-Kakitumba 213.38 2.13 

Kakura-Evisivikatura 32.34 0.32 

Kiyanja 29.33 0.29 

Kyamwasha-Kabobo-Riero-Bizi 751.39 7.51 

Kyangara-Kamira 205.64 2.06 

Lutembe-Kasanda-Kafunzho-Dwimaguru (Rwamwire) 215.96 2.16 

Matimba-Kasanda 85.73 0.86 

Munyere 1064.00 10.64 

Nseko-Nyakacwamba-Kyobugombe 53.93 0.54 

Nyabugongi-Kamira 1062.16 10.62 

Omianza-Kibona 81.43 0.81 

Rufuha 3344.21 33.44 

Rwamunaba 65.05 0.65 

Rwentango-Ibumba 588.29 5.88 

Rwentobo-Kakingora-Ahankondo 495.76 4.96 86.84 

Rukungiri District 

Rukungiri district covers a total area or 2,858.9skm. Wetlands cover an area of 154skm or 5.4 

of the district area. The wetlands are under various cover or use. Of the wetland area, swamp 

forests cover 46.8skm or 30.4 percent (see Table 11), grasslands cover 24skm or 15.5%, bush 

and thickets cover 4.4skm about or 3% while open water covers 136.9skm. 76% of the 

wetlands are seasonal while 24% are permanently wet. 

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More than three quarters of the wetlands have been converted into subsistence agriculture. 

This land use covers 62.4skm or 40.5% of the wetland area. On the other hand less than 1% of 

the wetlands have been modified for grazing. About one tenth (16.5skm) of the wetlands still 

survive as papyrus and other sedges. 

It should be noted that the northern part of the district is within Queen Elizabeth National 

Park. Most of the unmodified wetlands are within or close to the Park. 

The southern part of the district characterised by hilly terrain of the rift valley ranges. As such 

the valleys are narrow and don’t allow formation of wetlands. The biggest proportion of 

Rukungiri wetlands is found in the northern half of the district. In the north, the valleys are 

wide and supplied by rivers flowing down from the south. 

Table 11 Wetland types of Rukungiri district 

Class Area-Ha Area-Km Proportion 

1s 9.15 0.09 0.1% 

5s 4679.59 46.8 30.4% 

6s 441.91 4.42 2.9% 

7p 1890.82 18.91 12.3% 

7pI 31.09 0.31 0.2% 

7s 420.16 4.2 2.7% 

7sI 49.79 0.5 0.3% 

8a 1647.12 16.47 10.7% 

9p 199.57 2 1.3% 

9s 6037.83 60.38 39.2% 

Total 15407.03 154.08 100.0% 

All the wetlands in the district belong to the L. Edward drainage system. The names and areas 

of the wetland systems are shown in Table 12. 

Table 12 Wetland Systems of Rukungiri district 

Drainage System 

L. Edward 

Wetland System Hectares Skm Sub-total 

Ishasha 2557.68 25.58 

L. Edward margins 585.90 5.86 

Nchwera 647.41 6.47 

Ntungu 11616.05 116.16 154.07 

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Figure 5 Rukungiri District 

N 

KISORO 

D.R. CONGO 

D. Rep. of Co ngo 

I shas ha 

I shas ha 

KINKIIZI 

KAYONZA 

Isha sha 

Lak e E dwar d Rwe nsha m a 

K as ing a I 

KIHIIH I 

Ntung u 

KIHIHI 

KIRIMA 

C hir ur uma 

Ntungu 

Ib alya 

KANUNGU 

Ng oto Ka ba s h ak i 

Rusha mba 

Kakangaga 

KASESE 

NYAMIRAMA 

Mas haku 

Nchwera 

KAMBUGA 



RWENSHAMA 

BWAMBARA 

Rusha y a 

Mitano 

K a kin do II 

(Ka ya ga) 

BUGANGARI 

RUTENGA 

Rushay a C FR 

RUJUMBURA 

Runyamunyu Rugand o 

NYAKAGYEME 

RUGYEYO 

Kinuk a 

RUKUNGIRI DISTRICT WETLANDS 

Katung uru 

Kab alang a 

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Ka kind o I 

(Njoro r o) 

Ny ak y er a 

RUHINDA 

RUHINDA 

Ny aruz inga 

KAGUNGA 

RUKUNGIRI T.C. 

Ntarago 

Ki hu tu 

Kishe nyi 

K ate nga Ka tenga 

Ka te ng a 

Birira 

Chyogo 

BUYANJA 

NYAKISHENYI 

Bikongozo 

Mit oma & 

B usheny i 

KLAIZI 

Rusho m a 

Ruhindo 

BUHUNGA 

KEB ISONI 

KEBISONI 

Birira 

RUBA BO 

R washama ire 

K ahengye 

NYARUSHANJE 

NYARUSHANJE 

KABALE 

Scale 1:11 0,00 0 

10 0 10 Kilometers 

LEGEND 

GA ZETTED AREA 


National P ark 

Wildlife R eserve 

ROAD S 

Tarmac road 



Motorable track 

ADMINI STR ATIVE BOUN DA RI ES 

In ternational 

District 

County 

Sub-County 

RIV ER 

Major River 

Minor R iver 


Thicket 

Swamp Forest 


Grassland (Pasture) 

Farmland 

PERMANENT WET LANDS 


Grassland (Pasture) 

Farmland 


OTH ER S 

Open Water 

Built-up Area 

Area distribution per Wetland type 


Ot he r 

1 0. 6 2 (6. 9 7%) 

18.91 (1 2.42% ) 

16 .47 (1 0.81 % ) 

46.80 ( 30.73%) 

59.49 ( 39.07%) 

(See legend) 

NB: O ther includes 

-Thickets (Seasonal) : 4.42 sq. km, 2.90% 

-Grassland (Pastur e-Permanent) : 0.31 sq. km, 0.20% 

-Grassland (Pastur e-Seasonal) : 0.50 sq. km, 0.33% 

-Grassland (Natural-Seasonal) : 3.38 sq. km, 2.22% 

-Farmland (Permanent) : 2.00 sq. km. 1.32% 

NTUN GAMO

Conclusion 

The status of wetlands 

With exception of a few areas, evidence has shown that there is widespread wetland 

modification in the south-western region of the country. Of the mapped districts, Kabale has 

the highest intensity of wetland modification or reclamation. It has 97skm of wetlands and 

71.4skm or 73.6% has been modified. There is hardly a chance that the modified wetlands 

will ever revert to their original state due many socio-economic reasons. Some of the reasons 

that make it hard for people to leave wetlands are lack of alternative land for living on and 

generating income, increasing population, and political implications. 

The functions of wetlands in water control and purification are well known and will not be 

repeated here. Suffice it to say that wetlands act as a natural sponge that controls the flow and 

quality of water. Unfortunately, this resource is now being modified. At the same time, steep 

slopes are extensively cultivated annually leading to massive soil erosion. Worse still, contour 

bands, which used to control run-off, are cultivated too. This scenario is definitely changing 

the environment towards the wrong end. 

It was noted that most of the wetlands in Kabale are permanently wet and many of them in 

wide valleys. These factors make wetland conversion quite difficult. Despite this, 73.6% of 

the wetlands have been reclaimed and it appears that, left at will, people are ready and capable 

of converting close to 100% of the wetlands. This is an indicator of the serious of the reasons 

leading to wetland reclamation. Any attempts to reverse or even halt wetland conversion 

should take this fact into account. 

Kisoro follows Kabale district in the vigour of wetland reclamation. The district has only 

25skm or 3.4% of its area as wetlands. Already, 57% of the wetlands have been modified. The 

bulk of the modified wetlands are around L. Mutanda and L. Mulehe. This interrupts the 

natural filter that cleans water as it enters these lakes. Kisoro has a similar problem as that of 

Kabale. Catchment areas for the water bodies are characterised by steep slopes that are 

extensively cultivated every year leading to soil erosion and silting. The whole scenario is 

conducive to eutrophication of the lakes. 

In Rukungiri district, of the 63skm of wetlands, 41% has been modified. Almost all the 

modified wetlands have been devoted to subsistence agriculture. Most of the wetlands in 

central and south of the district have been modified. the un-modified wetlands are situated in 

or near the National Park. 

Of the five districts mapped, Rukungiri is the only one that boasts of a high percentage of 

swamp forest. However, these are located in or near Queen Elizabeth National Park. 

The study has shown that Ntungamo district has much of its wetlands undisturbed. There are 

several small pockets where wetlands have been converted for agriculture but these are 

sometimes too small to map on the 1:50,000 scale. Of the 101skm of wetlands, only 3% have 

been visibly modified. 

Little activity in wetland reclamation in Ntungamo could be attributed to the high quantity of 

water that exists in the major wetlands namely the Rufuha, Nyabugongyi-Kamira and 

Munyere wetland systems. The first two wetland systems exist in a traditionally cattle grazing 

areas. Reclaiming wetlands for pasture does not seem economically attractive when dry land 

is not yet in acute shortage. 

It should not be taken for granted that the status quo will always reign. Attempts in 

reclamation were observed in Rweikiniro. There is a possibility that this practice can easily 

spread because Ntungamo can be very dry during the dry season and wetlands might be the 

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most obvious alternative for dry season agriculture. Many future problems would be avoided 

if measures were put in place early enough to stop proliferation of wetland reclamation. 

Mapping 

Mapping of the wetlands was done at 1:50,000 scale. This means that features on the ground 

that are less than 4 hectares (or 2mm by 2mm on the map) in area are very difficult to map. 

As a result some important or indicative features may not be mapped. These include 

incidences of initial wetland reclamation where the opened up areas still small and scattered 

as in Rweikiniro, or Eucalyptus woodlots in wetlands of Kabale. 

In Ntungamo district, especially in Rushenyi and Ruhama counties there are vast grasslands 

that stretch over both dry ground and valleys. Due to edaphic factors, seasonally wet valleys 

normally are entirely covered by grass with no or few bushes. It therefore makes it difficult to 

tell whether the seasonally wet grassland in the valley is an improved pasture or its part of the 

general grass cover. This could have accounted for low improved grassland percentage in 

Ntungamo and hence the low percentage of modified wetlands. 

A wetland system can be known by different names by people living in different areas. It is 

not uncommon to find a wetland called by three or more names by different people. This is 

more pronounced when it comes to wetlands which cross district boarders. As a result, most 

wetland systems’ names are unique to districts instead of being common if a wetland system 

is astride tow districts. It would have been interesting and useful to have a common name for 

each major wetland system. 

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APPENDIX 1 

Terms of reference 

The NBS was specifically contracted to do the following: 

• Development of a suitable classification for wetlands in collaboration with Wetlands 

Programme. This involves liaison meeting with Wetlands Programme staff, field 

reconnaissance, final classification design, and database design. 

• Data collection from the field for checking out discrepancies on interpreted satellite data 

and to up-date wetland outline maps in the districts of Bushenyi, Kabale, Kisoro, 

Ntungamo and Rukungiri. 

• Carry out data capture and processing; both descriptive and spatial. 

• Produce updated maps for the five districts 

Outputs of this contract would be: 

• Maps for the five districts 

• Descriptive and spatial database 

• A report 

Table 13 Area of wetlands by district and drainage system 

District Drainage System Area_Ha Area_skm 

Bushenyi Closed 142.04 1.42 

Bushenyi Edward/George 14252.7 142.53 

Bushenyi Victoria 10610.66 106.11 

Bushenyi Total 250.06 

Kabale L.Bunyonyi 3935.88 39.36 

Kabale L. Edward 1511.07 15.11 

Kabale L. Victoria 4232.11 42.32 

Kabale Total 96.79 

Kisoro Edward 2514.19 25.14 

Kisoro L.Bunyonyi 0.75 0.01 

Kisoro Total 25.15 

Ntungamo L. Edward 1420.95 14.21 

Ntungamo L. Victoria 8684.37 86.84 

Ntungamo Total 101.05 

Rukungiri L. Edward 15407.04 154.07 

Rukungiri Total 154.07 

Grand Total 627.12 

Table 14 Summary of modified wetlands per district 

DISTRICT Class Area-ha Area-skm 

Bushenyi 7sI 3574.96 35.75 

Bushenyi 9p 2588.27 25.88 

Bushenyi 9s 615.83 6.16 

Kabale 1p 209.91 2.10 

Kabale 1s 53.76 0.54 

Kabale 7pI 668.72 6.69 

Kabale 7sI 358.63 3.59 

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Kabale 9p 2650.25 26.50 

Kabale 9s 3194.50 31.95 

Kisoro 9p 1204.78 12.05 

Kisoro 9s 228.26 2.28 

Ntungamo 7sI 146.53 1.47 

Ntungamo 9s 143.35 1.43 

Rukungiri 7pI 31.09 0.31 

Rukungiri 7sI 49.79 0.50 

Rukungiri 9p 199.57 2.00 

Rukungiri 9s 6037.83 60.38 

Table 15 Modified wetlands per district 

District Drainage System Wetland System Class Area-Ha Area-skm 

Bushenyi 

Edward/George 

Victoria 

Kandekye-Ruhorobero 7sI 656.62 6.57 

Kandekye-Ruhorobero 9p 607.22 6.07 

Kandekye-Ruhorobero 9s 168.55 1.69 

Kandekye-Ruhorobero Total 14.32 

Karujugo 9p 125.46 1.25 

Karujugo Total 1.25 

Katereza 9p 84.06 0.84 

Katereza 9s 34.26 0.34 

Katereza Total 1.18 

Kifuka-Kibare 9p 80.92 0.81 

Kifuka-Kibare Total 0.81 

Kyamugambira-Kitimbi-Kyarwigi-Kitagata 9p 450.66 4.51 

Kyamugambira-Kitimbi-Kyarwigi-Kitagata 

Total 

4.51 

Nchwera 9p 392.23 3.92 

Nchwera 9s 31.32 0.31 

Nchwera Total 4.24 

Ntungu 9p 230.58 2.31 

Ntungu Total 2.31 

Nyamahizi-Kateizi-Kasere 9p 44.94 0.45 

Nyamahizi-Kateizi-Kasere Total 0.45 

Nyamirembe-Katoma-Kabushoro 9p 442.70 4.43 

Nyamirembe-Katoma-Kabushoro Total 4.43 

Rwabanjeri-Karugorora 9p 67.91 0.68 

Rwabanjeri-Karugorora Total 0.68 

Warugo 9p 21.78 0.22 

Warugo Total 0.22 

Kabura 9p 9.98 0.10 

Kabura Total 0.10 

Kakorogoto 7sI 49.32 0.49 

Kakorogoto 9p 5.73 0.06 

Kakorogoto Total 0.55 

Katara 9s 45.46 0.45 

Katara Total 0.45 

Koga 7sI 1641.78 16.42 

21


Koga 9p 24.12 0.24 

Koga 9s 111.58 1.12 

Koga Total 17.77 

Mijera-Kishenyi 7sI 1175.73 11.76 

Mijera-Kishenyi 9s 24.15 0.24 

Mijera-Kishenyi Total 12.00 

Nchwezi-Runyinya 7sI 51.50 0.51 

Nchwezi-Runyinya Total 0.51 

Nyangoma 9s 44.77 0.45 

Nyangoma Total 0.45 

Rugasha 9s 155.74 1.56 

Rugasha Total 1.56 

Kabale 

L.Bunyonyi 

L. Edward 

L. Victoria 

Bunyonyi margins 9s 34.83 0.35 

Bunyonyi margins Total 0.35 

Gweru bay 1p 8.36 0.08 

Gweru bay 7sI 9.21 0.09 

Gweru bay 9p 163.30 1.63 

Gweru bay 9s 60.03 0.60 

Gweru bay Total 2.41 

Kagoma 9s 74.32 0.74 

Kagoma Total 0.74 

Kigyeyo-Ruhuhuma 1p 6.23 0.06 


Kigyeyo-Ruhuhuma 9s 1758.48 17.58 

Kigyeyo-Ruhuhuma Total 19.44 

Kyabahinga-Kacwekano 9s 38.70 0.39 

Kyabahinga-Kacwekano Total 0.39 

Kyeni 1p 0.78 0.01 

Kyeni 9s 53.78 0.54 

Kyeni Total 0.55 

Sanja 1p 0.78 0.01 

Sanja 7sI 4.82 0.05 

Sanja 9s 83.92 0.84 

Sanja Total 0.90 

Kanyabaha-Kanyamagogo-Kitaraka-Nomuremu 1p 6.37 0.06 

Kanyabaha-Kanyamagogo-Kitaraka-Nomuremu 1s 22.93 0.23 



Kanyabaha-Kanyamagogo-Kitaraka- 

Nomuremu Total 

6.46 

Ntungu 9s 23.78 0.24 


Nyakasa 1p 0.52 0.01 

Nyakasa 9s 68.41 0.68 

Nyakasa Total 0.69 

Ikona 1p 4.67 0.05 

Ikona 1s 14.60 0.15 

Ikona 9s 3.79 0.04 

Ikona Total 0.23 

22


Kabizi 1s 13.06 0.13 

Kabizi 9p 99.34 0.99 

Kabizi 9s 3.43 0.03 

Kabizi Total 1.16 

Kachwamba-Kakitumba 1s 3.17 0.03 


Kachwamba-Kakitumba Total 0.17 

Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha 1p 126.31 1.26 

Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha 7pI 524.58 5.25 

Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha 7sI 110.65 1.11 


Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha 9s 508.35 5.08 

Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha Total 16.63 

Kiruruma South 1p 55.88 0.56 

Kiruruma South 7pI 144.14 1.44 

Kiruruma South 7sI 233.95 2.34 


Kiruruma South 9s 130.51 1.31 

Kiruruma South Total 21.02 

Kisoro 

Ntungamo 

Edward 

L. Edward 

L. Victoria 

Gitundwe 9p 783.66 7.84 

Gitundwe Total 7.84 

Kaku-Nyabikoni 9s 201.50 2.02 

Kaku-Nyabikoni Total 2.02 

Mulindi 9p 114.09 1.14 

Mulindi Total 1.14 

Murugyegye 9p 262.82 2.63 

Murugyegye Total 2.63 

Ndibahera-Kabaya 9p 20.74 0.21 

Ndibahera-Kabaya Total 0.21 

Nyabiha 9p 23.46 0.23 

Nyabiha Total 0.23 

Nyakisozi 9s 26.76 0.27 

Nyakisozi Total 0.27 

Kakono-Kahengye 7sI 95.16 0.95 

Kakono-Kahengye Total 0.95 

Rwamabondo 7sI 11.66 0.12 

Rwamabondo 9s 18.39 0.18 

Rwamabondo Total 0.30 

Charubuta-Kashojwa 9s 14.87 0.15 

Charubuta-Kashojwa Total 0.15 

Kyangara-Kamira 7sI 10.15 0.10 

Kyangara-Kamira 9s 26.83 0.27 

Kyangara-Kamira Total 0.37 

Lutembe-Kasanda-Kafunzho-Dwimaguru 

(Rwamwire) 

9s 24.22 0.24 

Lutembe-Kasanda-Kafunzho-Dwimaguru (Rwamwire) Total 0.24 

Nyabugongi-Kamira 7sI 28.10 0.28 

Nyabugongi-Kamira Total 0.28 

23


Omianza-Kibona 9s 56.59 0.57 

Omianza-Kibona Total 0.57 

Rwamunaba 9s 2.44 0.02 

Rwamunaba Total 0.02 

Rwentobo-Kakingora-Ahankondo 7sI 1.47 0.01 

Rwentobo-Kakingora-Ahankondo Total 0.01 

Rukungiri 

L. Edward 

Ishasha 9s 1120.66 11.21 

Ishasha Total 11.21 

Ntungu 1s 9.15 0.09 

Ntungu 7pI 31.09 0.31 

Ntungu 7sI 49.79 0.50 

Ntungu 9p 199.57 2.00 

Ntungu 9s 4917.17 49.17 



All Wetlands 

This table shows details of all the wetlands; both modified and natural. The class and type of 

the wetland is in the class column. The area is shown as hectares and in square kilometres. 

Wetland systems are organised by district and by the drainage system they belong to. 


Bushenyi 

Closed 

Bugasa 5s 20.73 0.21 

Bugasa Total 0.21 

L. Kyamwongo 8a 8.70 0.09 

L. Kyamwongo Total 0.09 

L. Nyamusingire 8a 11.59 0.12 

L. Nyamusingire Total 0.12 

Maseche 5s 15.45 0.15 

Maseche Total 0.15 

Nyabutare 8a 46.55 0.47 

Nyabutare Total 0.47 

Rugazi-Omukasinga 8a 39.00 0.39 

Rugazi-Omukasinga Total 0.39 

Edward/George 

Buhindagi 5s 327.60 3.28 

Buhindagi 8a 373.63 3.74 

Buhindagi Total 7.01 

Chambura 5s 209.37 2.09 

Chambura 8a 303.12 3.03 

Chambura Total 5.12 

Kafu-Mpanga 5s 264.64 2.65 

Kafu-Mpanga 8a 14.10 0.14 

Kafu-Mpanga Total 2.79 

Kakari-Katerera 5s 317.08 3.17 

Kakari-Katerera 8b 4.95 0.05 

Kakari-Katerera Total 3.22 



Kandekye-Ruhorobero 7sI 656.62 6.57 

Kandekye-Ruhorobero 8a 1485.79 14.86 




Kandekye-Ruhorobero Total 29.77 

Kanyara-Nyampimbi 7p 24.63 0.25 

Kanyara-Nyampimbi 8a 259.49 2.59 

Kanyara-Nyampimbi Total 2.84 

Karujugo 7p 29.73 0.30 

24


Karujugo 8a 71.14 0.71 

Karujugo 9p 125.46 1.25 

Karujugo Total 2.26 

Kasharara 8a 450.72 4.51 

Kasharara Total 4.51 

Katarimwa(Katarimu) 7p 151.65 1.52 

Katarimwa(Katarimu) 7s 21.43 0.21 

Katarimwa(Katarimu) 8a 126.15 1.26 

Katarimwa(Katarimu) Total 2.99 

Katereza 8a 146.47 1.46 

Katereza 9p 84.06 0.84 

Katereza 9s 34.26 0.34 

Katereza Total 2.65 

Kifuka-Kibare 8a 69.94 0.70 

Kifuka-Kibare 9p 80.92 0.81 

Kifuka-Kibare Total 1.51 

Kitarema 8a 36.36 0.36 

Kitarema Total 0.36 


Kyamugambira-Kitimbi-Kyarwigi-Kitagata 7s 16.13 0.16 

Kyamugambira-Kitimbi-Kyarwigi-Kitagata 8a 1136.78 11.37 


Kyamugambira-Kitimbi-Kyarwigi-Kitagata Total 16.42 

L. Edward Margins 8a 639.72 6.40 

L. Edward Margins Total 6.40 

Mbika 6s 25.38 0.25 

Mbika 8a 69.37 0.69 

Mbika Total 0.95 

Nchwera 8a 161.10 1.61 

Nchwera 9p 392.23 3.92 

Nchwera 9s 31.32 0.31 


Ntungu 9p 230.58 2.31 


Nyamahizi-Kateizi-Kasere 8a 495.75 4.96 

Nyamahizi-Kateizi-Kasere 9p 44.94 0.45 

Nyamahizi-Kateizi-Kasere Total 5.41 

Nyamirembe-Katoma-Kabushoro 8a 328.07 3.28 

Nyamirembe-Katoma-Kabushoro 9p 442.70 4.43 

Nyamirembe-Katoma-Kabushoro Total 7.71 

Nyamweru 5s 383.11 3.83 

Nyamweru 8a 320.77 3.21 

Nyamweru Total 7.04 

Nyaruteme 8a 31.04 0.31 

Nyaruteme Total 0.31 

Nyaruzinga 8a 16.64 0.17 

Nyaruzinga Total 0.17 

Rushisha 6s 76.49 0.76 

Rushisha Total 0.76 

Rutanda 5s 1186.19 11.86 

Rutanda 7p 120.06 1.20 

Rutanda Total 13.06 


Rwabanjeri-Karugorora 8a 512.52 5.13 


Rwabanjeri-Karugorora Total 8.16 

Tiguhonoka 5s 126.61 1.27 

Tiguhonoka 8a 22.27 0.22 

Tiguhonoka Total 1.49 

Warugo 8a 124.32 1.24 

Warugo 9p 21.78 0.22 

Warugo Total 1.46 

Victoria 

Kabiso 8a 22.96 0.23 

Kabiso Total 0.23 

Kabura 7s 530.71 5.31 

Kabura 8a 200.63 2.01 

Kabura 9p 9.98 0.10 

Kabura Total 7.41 

Kakorogoto 7s 688.90 6.89 

Kakorogoto 7sI 49.32 0.49 

Kakorogoto 8a 231.42 2.31 

Kakorogoto 9p 5.73 0.06 

Kakorogoto Total 9.75 

25


Kamira 5s 5.61 0.06 

Kamira 8a 117.37 1.17 

Kamira Total 1.23 

Katara 5s 27.85 0.28 

Katara 8a 121.19 1.21 

Katara 9s 45.46 0.45 

Katara Total 1.95 

Koga 5s 9.80 0.10 

Koga 6s 3.57 0.04 

Koga 7s 1291.38 12.91 

Koga 7sI 1641.78 16.42 

Koga 8a 1217.09 12.17 

Koga 9p 24.12 0.24 

Koga 9s 111.58 1.12 

Koga Total 42.99 


Mijera-Kishenyi 7sI 1175.73 11.76 

Mijera-Kishenyi 8a 476.89 4.77 


Mijera-Kishenyi Total 30.74 

Nchwezi-Runyinya 7s 286.05 2.86 

Nchwezi-Runyinya 7sI 51.50 0.51 

Nchwezi-Runyinya Total 3.38 

Nyakishana 5s 10.07 0.10 

Nyakishana Total 0.10 

Nyangoma 5s 18.01 0.18 

Nyangoma 6s 66.24 0.66 

Nyangoma 8a 173.91 1.74 

Nyangoma 9s 44.77 0.45 

Nyangoma Total 3.03 

Rugasha 7s 263.75 2.64 

Rugasha 9s 155.74 1.56 

Rugasha Total 4.19 

Rwizi 8a 109.69 1.10 

Rwizi Total 1.10 

Kabale 

L.Bunyonyi 

Bugoroba 8a 72.01 0.72 

Bugoroba Total 0.72 

Bulimba bay 8a 9.80 0.10 

Bulimba bay Total 0.10 

Bunyonyi margins 8a 32.92 0.33 

Bunyonyi margins 9s 34.83 0.35 

Bunyonyi margins Total 0.68 

Gweru bay 1p 8.36 0.08 

Gweru bay 7p 513.02 5.13 

Gweru bay 7sI 9.21 0.09 

Gweru bay 8a 118.89 1.19 

Gweru bay 9p 163.30 1.63 

Gweru bay 9s 60.03 0.60 

Gweru bay Total 8.73 

Kagoma 8a 146.50 1.47 

Kagoma 9s 74.32 0.74 

Kagoma Total 2.21 

Kaliba 8a 7.18 0.07 

Kaliba Total 0.07 

Kamiro 8a 36.33 0.36 

Kamiro Total 0.36 

Katenga 8a 4.28 0.04 

Katenga Total 0.04 



Kigyeyo-Ruhuhuma 8a 389.07 3.89 


Kigyeyo-Ruhuhuma 9s 1758.48 17.58 


Kyabahinga-Kacwekano 9s 38.70 0.39 

Kyabahinga-Kacwekano Total 0.39 

Kyeni 1p 0.78 0.01 

Kyeni 9s 53.78 0.54 

Kyeni Total 0.55 

Kyogo 8a 46.64 0.47 

Kyogo Total 0.47 

Niombe 8a 21.29 0.21 

26


Niombe Total 0.21 

Nyabitabe 8a 16.00 0.16 

Nyabitabe Total 0.16 

Sanja 1p 0.78 0.01 

Sanja 7s 5.20 0.05 

Sanja 7sI 4.82 0.05 

Sanja 9s 83.92 0.84 

L. Edward 

Sanja Total 0.95 




Kanyabaha-Kanyamagogo-Kitaraka-Nomuremu 8a 471.19 4.71 



Kanyabaha-Kanyamagogo-Kitaraka-Nomuremu 

11.33 

Kisoro 

L. Victoria 

Edward 

Total 

Muchoya 7s 266.03 2.66 

Muchoya Total 2.66 

Ntungu 9s 23.78 0.24 


Nyakasa 1p 0.52 0.01 

Nyakasa 8a 19.73 0.20 

Nyakasa 9s 68.41 0.68 

Nyakasa Total 0.89 

Ikona 1p 4.67 0.05 

Ikona 1s 14.60 0.15 

Ikona 9s 3.79 0.04 

Ikona Total 0.23 

Kabizi 1s 13.06 0.13 

Kabizi 9p 99.34 0.99 

Kabizi 9s 3.43 0.03 

Kabizi Total 1.16 



Kachwamba-Kakitumba 7p 12.90 0.13 


Kachwamba-Kakitumba Total 1.18 


Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha 7pI 524.58 5.25 

Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha 7sI 110.65 1.11 

Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha 8a 92.82 0.93 


Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha 9s 508.35 5.08 

Kiruruma Norht-Ishasha Total 17.55 


Kiruruma South 7pI 144.14 1.44 


Kiruruma South 7sI 233.95 2.34 

Kiruruma South 8a 36.86 0.37 



Kiruruma South Total 22.20 

Chahafi 8a 11.83 0.12 

Chahafi Total 0.12 

Chosa Bay 7p 147.85 1.48 

Chosa Bay Total 1.48 

Gitundwe 9p 783.66 7.84 

Gitundwe Total 7.84 

Kabande 8a 15.52 0.16 

Kabande Total 0.16 

Kakangaga 7p 10.44 0.10 

Kakangaga Total 0.10 

Kaku-Nyabikoni 8a 189.22 1.89 

Kaku-Nyabikoni 9s 201.50 2.02 

Kaku-Nyabikoni Total 3.91 

Karwa 7p 20.81 0.21 

Karwa Total 0.21 

Kiwomba 8a 53.93 0.54 

Kiwomba Total 0.54 

Kyarero 7p 6.12 0.06 

27


Kyarero Total 0.06 

L. Chazenji (Kyajenge) 7p 11.83 0.12 

L. Chazenji (Kyajenge) Total 0.12 

Maserere 8a 114.34 1.14 

Maserere Total 1.14 

Muchoya 7s 76.23 0.76 

Muchoya Total 0.76 

Mukirumbi 8a 27.39 0.27 

Mukirumbi Total 0.27 

Mulehe 8a 0.72 0.01 

Mulehe Total 0.01 

Mulindi 9p 114.09 1.14 

Mulindi Total 1.14 

Murugyegye 9p 262.82 2.63 

Murugyegye Total 2.63 

Mutanda 8a 0.99 0.01 

Mutanda Total 0.01 

Name not available 8a 31.81 0.32 

Name not available Total 0.32 

Ndibahera-Kabaya 8a 2.50 0.03 

Ndibahera-Kabaya 9p 20.74 0.21 

Ndibahera-Kabaya Total 0.23 

Nkanka 8a 18.60 0.19 

Nkanka Total 0.19 

Nyabiha 9p 23.46 0.23 

Nyabiha Total 0.23 

Nyakisozi 9s 26.76 0.27 

Nyakisozi Total 0.27 

Nyarutovu 8a 172.96 1.73 

Nyarutovu Total 1.73 

Ruhezaminda 8a 168.06 1.68 

Ruhezaminda Total 1.68 

L.Bunyonyi 



Ntungamo 

L. Edward 

Kakono-Kahengye 7s 33.36 0.33 

Kakono-Kahengye 7sI 95.16 0.95 

Kakono-Kahengye 8a 441.25 4.41 

Kakono-Kahengye Total 5.70 

Kashewanzi-Kasharara 8a 540.10 5.40 

Kashewanzi-Kasharara Total 5.40 

Kyengu 8a 32.76 0.33 

Kyengu Total 0.33 

Rwamabondo 7sI 11.66 0.12 

Rwamabondo 8a 248.28 2.48 

Rwamabondo 9s 18.39 0.18 

Rwamabondo Total 2.78 

L. Victoria 


Charubuta-Kashojwa 8a 37.82 0.38 


Charubuta-Kashojwa Total 0.93 

Chigaaga(Kigaaga) 7s 302.30 3.02 

Chigaaga(Kigaaga) Total 3.02 

Kacwamba-Kakitumba 5s 180.85 1.81 

Kacwamba-Kakitumba 6s 32.52 0.33 

Kacwamba-Kakitumba Total 2.13 

Kakura-Evisivikatura 5s 20.59 0.21 

Kakura-Evisivikatura 6s 11.75 0.12 

Kakura-Evisivikatura Total 0.32 

Kiyanja 8a 29.33 0.29 

Kiyanja Total 0.29 

Kyamwasha-Kabobo-Riero-Bizi 6s 23.49 0.23 

Kyamwasha-Kabobo-Riero-Bizi 8a 727.90 7.28 

Kyamwasha-Kabobo-Riero-Bizi Total 7.51 


Kyangara-Kamira 7sI 10.15 0.10 

Kyangara-Kamira 8a 161.14 1.61 


Kyangara-Kamira Total 2.06 

Lutembe-Kasanda-Kafunzho-Dwimaguru (Rwamwire) 8a 191.74 1.92 

Lutembe-Kasanda-Kafunzho-Dwimaguru (Rwamwire) 9s 24.22 0.24 

28


Lutembe-Kasanda-Kafunzho-Dwimaguru 

(Rwamwire) Total 

2.16 

Matimba-Kasanda 8a 85.73 0.86 

Matimba-Kasanda Total 0.86 

Munyere 8a 1064.00 10.64 

Munyere Total 10.64 

Nseko-Nyakacwamba-Kyobugombe 8a 53.93 0.54 

Nseko-Nyakacwamba-Kyobugombe Total 0.54 

Nyabugongi-Kamira 7sI 28.10 0.28 

Nyabugongi-Kamira 8a 1034.07 10.34 

Nyabugongi-Kamira Total 10.62 

Omianza-Kibona 8a 24.84 0.25 

Omianza-Kibona 9s 56.59 0.57 

Omianza-Kibona Total 0.81 

Rufuha 5s 144.67 1.45 

Rufuha 7s 2226.68 22.27 

Rufuha 8a 972.86 9.73 

Rufuha Total 33.44 

Rwamunaba 8a 62.60 0.63 

Rwamunaba 9s 2.44 0.02 

Rwamunaba Total 0.65 

Rwentango-Ibumba 6s 72.67 0.73 

Rwentango-Ibumba 7s 472.70 4.73 

Rwentango-Ibumba 8a 42.92 0.43 

Rwentango-Ibumba Total 5.88 

Rwentobo-Kakingora-Ahankondo 6s 21.70 0.22 

Rwentobo-Kakingora-Ahankondo 7sI 1.47 0.01 

Rwentobo-Kakingora-Ahankondo 8a 472.60 4.73 

Rukungiri 

L. Edward 

Rwentobo-Kakingora-Ahankondo Total 4.96 

Ishasha 5s 537.75 5.38 

Ishasha 6s 128.86 1.29 

Ishasha 7p 91.69 0.92 

Ishasha 8a 678.71 6.79 

Ishasha 9s 1120.66 11.21 

Ishasha Total 25.58 

L. Edward margins 7s 180.25 1.80 

L. Edward margins 8a 405.66 4.06 

L. Edward margins Total 5.86 

Nchwera 5s 126.42 1.26 

Nchwera 6s 313.05 3.13 

Nchwera 7p 143.43 1.43 

Nchwera 7s 64.51 0.65 


Ntungu 1s 9.15 0.09 

Ntungu 5s 4015.42 40.15 

Ntungu 7p 1655.70 16.56 

Ntungu 7pI 31.09 0.31 

Ntungu 7s 175.41 1.75 

Ntungu 7sI 49.79 0.50 

Ntungu 8a 562.75 5.63 

Ntungu 9p 199.57 2.00 

Ntungu 9s 4917.17 49.17 



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