Daily Monitor
Monday March 01 2021
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KALUNGU- Residents of Kamuwunga Village in Lukaya Town Council on Kampala-Masaka highway have raised a red flag over the continued sand mining activities in Lwera wetland.
They want government to stop the activities, claiming that excessive excavation of sand has forced floods to invade their homes.
Lwera swamp stretches about 20km on the Kampala–Masaka highway. It is a major water catchment area that connects several rivers and wetlands in Gomba, Mpigi and Kalungu districts, and drains directly into Lake Victoria.
Residents say unlike in the past when flood water could directly pour into Lake Victoria whenever it rained, now it stagnates in their compounds for several months.