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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A multi-sectoral initiative led by the Ministry of Agriculture has embarked on efforts to clear floating islands that are currently eating up part of Lake Victoria. In the second week of April, a twelve-acre island reached Nalubaale Ppower station in Jinja causing a countrywide …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty five families in Munami village in Nakasongola district have been displaced because of the increasing water level in Lake Kyoga. The affected families have taken refuge in a community church hall. Julius Ssebukeera, a resident of Munami village says heavy winds pushed water …