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Daily Monitor
Monday May 10 2021
Summary
60% Effect on wetlands: About 60 per cent of wetlands in the district have been encroached.
Local leaders say there is need for the district to enact by-laws that will protect the environment.
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Environmental experts and local leaders in Butaleja District have blamed the re-occurrence of floods to massive environmental degradation and lack of a political will to mitigate the effects of such disasters.
The experts say swamps and river banks of Manafwa and Nakwasi have been mismanaged by the locals due to poor agricultural methods.
They also blame the floods on failure by the government to erect embankments on River Manafwa and River Nakwasi and restore flood early warning systems.
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