Tag Archives: Lake Albert

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 2,000 illegal fishing boats have been set ablaze by the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU in a new operation against illegal fishing gear being conducted on the Lake Albert waters. The operation that started early this month has also seen 15,590 monofilament nets impounded and …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the Office of the Prime Minister plans to resettle over 3,500 people displaced by floods in Buliisa district resulting from the rising water levels in Lake Albert. Floods have displaced thousands of people in Butiaba and Kigwera sub counties and Butiaba town …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several fishermen operating at various landing sites on the shores of Lake Albert are decrying the low fish catch that they are experiencing. The situation became worse since March this year. Some of the fishermen have attributed the problem to some of their colleagues who …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected militiamen have again raided the Lake Albert waters in Hoima district and robbed three boat engines, one fishing boat and sixteen solar batteries. The attack occurred near the Kaiso landing site in Kabaale sub-county, Hoima district on Tuesday. The seven suspected militiamen, four dressed …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected Congolese militiamen have shot three Ugandan fishermen on Lake Albert. The incident happened near Senjojo landing site in Buhuka parish, Kyangwali sub county in Kikuube district at around 5am on Monday morning. The injured fishermen are Robert Amukuhikiriza, Deo Busobozi and Seremos Byaruhanga, all …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two fishermen have died in the Lake Albert waters in Kikuube district after their boat capsized. The deceased have only been identified as Ajaruva (35) and Richard (24), both attached to Bugoma landing site in Buhuka parish, Kyangwali sub county in Kikuube district. The incident …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 50 Congolese refugees fleeing tribal clashes between the Lendu and the Bagegere in the Eastern DR Congo have crossed into Kikuube district. The refugees crossed into the district through Lake Albert and landed at Sebigoro and Buhuka landing sites in Kabwoya and Kyangwali …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Dr Solomon Gafabusa Iguru has tasked the government to immediately investigate the motives behind the persistent attacks on his subjects on the Lake Albert waters. In a speech read for him by Andrew Byakutaga, the Kingdom Prime Minister during …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kikuube district COVID-19 taskforce has suspended water transport across Lake Albert following the surging cases of COVID-19 in the district and the country at large. Kikuube shares a porous border point with the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC which is also battling the same pandemic. …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan fishermen at Kaiso landing site in Hoima district are struggling to recover 14 boat engines robbed by suspected Congolese militiamen on the Lake Albert waters. The engines were robbed on May 20, 2021, when the suspected Congolese militiamen raided the Lake Albert waters near …