Rising water levels from lake Victoria eat up areas

By; Our reporter

13^th April 2020

Environment experts have predicated more flooding along the shores of Lake Victoria.

On Sunday, several areas within and beyond Entebbe Municipality were submerged by rising water levels of Lake Victoria. The submerged areas included Banga beach, beach line along Manyago, Kitubulu villages and Serena Hotel Kigo.

Others were Bugonga, Kigungu and Nakiwogo landing sites.

The Commissioner for Water Regulation and Management at the Ministry of Water, Dr Caliste Tindimugaya, says that the floods could get worse due to the rains and increasing inflows from mainly River Kagera and other rivers that pour water into Lake Victoria.

Tindimugaya explains that water levels of 1964 were over 13 metres compared to the levels recorded in February at 12.9 metres and 12.8 metres last month.

According to Tindimugaya, the ministry of water is trying to address the issue and has directed Eskom to gradually release more water from Lake Victoria into the River Nile at the Owen Falls Dam at Jinja.

Many people around the lake shore are suffering from submerging waters like those around Ggaba, and Entebbe markets and beaches have all been taken up by water.