Mary Karugaba
6 August 2007
Kampala — OPPOSITION shadow minister for the environment Beatrice Anywar has called on the Government to preserve the wetlands.
Addressing journalists at Parliament yesterday, Anywar said the wetlands should be preserved instead of being allocated to investors for industrial purposes and hotel construction.
"The wetlands have been degraded and destroyed, yet they act as natural filters to our water sources," she stated.
The Nakivubo Channel pours dirty water directly into Lake Vistoria in Kampala. The floods wash the top dirt into the lake. All these contaminate the water in Kampala."
She called upon the National Environment Management Authority to save the wetlands. "This should not be done selectively but should include all the big shots of the Government."
The National Water and Sewage Corporation (NW&SC) has a duty to ensure continuous clean water supply in towns in which they operate, she stressed.
She challenged the management to account for past outbreaks of cholera in Kawempe, Bwaise, Mulago and Katanga areas.
"Kampala City Council, NW&SC and the World Health Organisation declared that the water is clean.
How do they account for sewer burst and mobile toilets (buveera) in those areas and expect no water contamination?" she asked.
She appealed to the three institutions to urgently address the problem.
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