Uganda: Experts Warn of Dire Consequences As Lake Victoria's Water Levels Drop Further

23 September 2014

Kampala — Over the years, Cassius Ntege, a fisherman from Kasenyi landing site on the Ugandan side of Lake Victoria, has observed the waters of the lake receding. And as one of the many who depend on the lake for their livelihoods, he has had to endure the disastrous consequences of the depleting lake.

Ntege told IPS that he first started going to the lake as teenager to fetch water for domestic use, then as a fisherman, and now as vice chairperson of the beach management unit -- a body set up by the government to curb illegal fishing and stop depletion of fish stocks from the lake.

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