{UAH} Gen Salim Saleh There is Sand in Nabiswera Nakasongola
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Mr. Gen Salim Saleh
President Museveni has deployed the army on Lake Victoria to save the
L. Vic marine ecology from depletion from reckless fishing.
Uganda is earning a lot of money for fisheries besides employing a
huge number of people. I don't have the figures on how many people
that Lake is Sustaining in terms of fishing incomes and diet
provisions but you can find out.
Are you really sacrificing these people wellbeing and your brother's
efforts to promote the fish industry?
You spent a lot of time in Luweero bushes and you will discover that
Luweero - Nakasongola might have been a wide lake that dried up – this
area extends from Kakoge to Karuma.
Indeed if the idea is to promote the glass and ceramics industry which
I do fully support, why not look for other areas where sand can be
mined?
Don't you think if you asked Makerere University and Government
geological survey department they will give you ready data of areas
where we have sand besides lake Victoria! Please try them but you can
also go to Nabisweera area and investigate what I writing about here.
Bwanika
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Gen Salim Saleh backs sand mining in Lake Victoria
Gen Salim Saleh
Gen Salim Saleh supports the idea of mining sand from Lake Victoria.
File photo
In Summary
Mr Jerry Zhou the Business Supervisor of Goodwill (Uganda) Ceramic
Company Limited, a company being constructed under Namunkekera Rural
Industrial Centre says they currently need 2,000 tons of sand to
complete the construction of industries that would make ceramics.
Company officials have camped at Gen Saleh's home in Kapeeka
asking him to intervene and ask government to allow them to proceed
with their activities
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General Caleb Akandwanaho aka Salim Saleh, the Senior Presidential
Advisor on Security and Defence has backed the excavation of sand from
Uganda's lakes, rivers and swamps saying the country has no choice if
it's to embrace industrialisation.
Recently, various leaders and environmentalists led by Wakiso District
Chairman Matia Lwanga Bwanika accused Chinese companies of degrading
the Lake Victoria while carrying out massive excavation of sand.
There have been a similar outcry from Masaka where Chinese firms were
accused of degrading wetlands in Lwera on the Kampala-Masaka highway.
Most of this sand is sold to construction sites in Namunkekera Rural
Industrial Centre in Kapeeka town, Nakaseke District. It's alleged
that the sand is being used as raw material in making ceramic tiles.
Gen Saleh, a younger brother of President Yoweri Museveni, who is also
the chairman of Namunkekera Rural Industrial Centre says that the
"revenue and employment" that would be generated from industries being
constructed using the sand outweigh the environmental concerns being
raised.
Gen Saleh said the Chinese companies were licensed by Uganda
Investment Authority, Ministry of Water and Transport and the National
Environment Management Authority, among others, to engage in sand
mining with a view that they would carry out the work while
considering the protection of the lakes.
He, however, says that area politicians have delayed the activities
which has paralysed construction of industries in the Industrial
Centre adding that Uganda must make a "painful choice to either allow
sand mining to facilitate industrialisation or allow its citizens
remain jobless."
Mr Jerry Zhou the Business Supervisor of Goodwill (Uganda) Ceramic
Company Limited, a company being constructed under Namunkekera Rural
Industrial Centre says they currently need 2,000 tons of sand to
complete the construction of industries that would make ceramics.
However, he says, they are facing a supply shortage.
Mr Zhou said they have so far injected $15 million (about Shs54
billion) in construction works and they want the company to be
operational by March this year.
He said 10 companies are interested in setting up ventures
Namunkekera Industrial Centre adding that the government should decide
whether the raw materials (sand) is available or not.
Mr Mendy Yu, the Business Officer of Mango Tree, a company engaged in
sand mining refuted the accusation of degrading the lake and instead
accused local politicians of frustrating their activities. Mr Mendy
said they are working within Uganda Investment Authority and Ministry
of Works guidelines.
Last year, district leaders and officials from National Environment
Management Authority (NEMA) blocked Mango Tree Group from excavating
sand in Kawuku village, Nkumba Parish, and Katabi Town Council on
grounds that the sand mining had a negative impact on the eco-system
of Lake Victoria.
NEMA also issued a statement indicating that the license they issued
to Mango Tree, is only limited to making ships and not sand mining.
The company started operations in 2015 while making cargo ships and
later crossed to sand mining. Company officials have camped at Gen
Saleh's home in Kapeeka asking him to intervene and ask government to
allow them to proceed with their activities.
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_____________________________
Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero
Daniel Bwanika
Box 12413 Kampala
Uganda
t: +256-752-972-960
f: facebook.com/uidc.uganda
www.uidc-ea.org
e: uidcug@gmail.com
t: @uidc_ug
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President Museveni has deployed the army on Lake Victoria to save the
L. Vic marine ecology from depletion from reckless fishing.
Uganda is earning a lot of money for fisheries besides employing a
huge number of people. I don't have the figures on how many people
that Lake is Sustaining in terms of fishing incomes and diet
provisions but you can find out.
Are you really sacrificing these people wellbeing and your brother's
efforts to promote the fish industry?
You spent a lot of time in Luweero bushes and you will discover that
Luweero - Nakasongola might have been a wide lake that dried up – this
area extends from Kakoge to Karuma.
Indeed if the idea is to promote the glass and ceramics industry which
I do fully support, why not look for other areas where sand can be
mined?
Don't you think if you asked Makerere University and Government
geological survey department they will give you ready data of areas
where we have sand besides lake Victoria! Please try them but you can
also go to Nabisweera area and investigate what I writing about here.
Bwanika
===========================
Gen Salim Saleh backs sand mining in Lake Victoria
Gen Salim Saleh
Gen Salim Saleh supports the idea of mining sand from Lake Victoria.
File photo
In Summary
Mr Jerry Zhou the Business Supervisor of Goodwill (Uganda) Ceramic
Company Limited, a company being constructed under Namunkekera Rural
Industrial Centre says they currently need 2,000 tons of sand to
complete the construction of industries that would make ceramics.
Company officials have camped at Gen Saleh's home in Kapeeka
asking him to intervene and ask government to allow them to proceed
with their activities
Advertisement
By Agencies
General Caleb Akandwanaho aka Salim Saleh, the Senior Presidential
Advisor on Security and Defence has backed the excavation of sand from
Uganda's lakes, rivers and swamps saying the country has no choice if
it's to embrace industrialisation.
Recently, various leaders and environmentalists led by Wakiso District
Chairman Matia Lwanga Bwanika accused Chinese companies of degrading
the Lake Victoria while carrying out massive excavation of sand.
There have been a similar outcry from Masaka where Chinese firms were
accused of degrading wetlands in Lwera on the Kampala-Masaka highway.
Most of this sand is sold to construction sites in Namunkekera Rural
Industrial Centre in Kapeeka town, Nakaseke District. It's alleged
that the sand is being used as raw material in making ceramic tiles.
Gen Saleh, a younger brother of President Yoweri Museveni, who is also
the chairman of Namunkekera Rural Industrial Centre says that the
"revenue and employment" that would be generated from industries being
constructed using the sand outweigh the environmental concerns being
raised.
Gen Saleh said the Chinese companies were licensed by Uganda
Investment Authority, Ministry of Water and Transport and the National
Environment Management Authority, among others, to engage in sand
mining with a view that they would carry out the work while
considering the protection of the lakes.
He, however, says that area politicians have delayed the activities
which has paralysed construction of industries in the Industrial
Centre adding that Uganda must make a "painful choice to either allow
sand mining to facilitate industrialisation or allow its citizens
remain jobless."
Mr Jerry Zhou the Business Supervisor of Goodwill (Uganda) Ceramic
Company Limited, a company being constructed under Namunkekera Rural
Industrial Centre says they currently need 2,000 tons of sand to
complete the construction of industries that would make ceramics.
However, he says, they are facing a supply shortage.
Mr Zhou said they have so far injected $15 million (about Shs54
billion) in construction works and they want the company to be
operational by March this year.
He said 10 companies are interested in setting up ventures
Namunkekera Industrial Centre adding that the government should decide
whether the raw materials (sand) is available or not.
Mr Mendy Yu, the Business Officer of Mango Tree, a company engaged in
sand mining refuted the accusation of degrading the lake and instead
accused local politicians of frustrating their activities. Mr Mendy
said they are working within Uganda Investment Authority and Ministry
of Works guidelines.
Last year, district leaders and officials from National Environment
Management Authority (NEMA) blocked Mango Tree Group from excavating
sand in Kawuku village, Nkumba Parish, and Katabi Town Council on
grounds that the sand mining had a negative impact on the eco-system
of Lake Victoria.
NEMA also issued a statement indicating that the license they issued
to Mango Tree, is only limited to making ships and not sand mining.
The company started operations in 2015 while making cargo ships and
later crossed to sand mining. Company officials have camped at Gen
Saleh's home in Kapeeka asking him to intervene and ask government to
allow them to proceed with their activities.
--
_____________________________
Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero
Daniel Bwanika
Box 12413 Kampala
Uganda
t: +256-752-972-960
f: facebook.com/uidc.uganda
www.uidc-ea.org
e: uidcug@gmail.com
t: @uidc_ug
--
Disclaimer:Everyone posting to this Forum bears the sole responsibility for any legal consequences of his or her postings, and hence statements and facts must be presented responsibly. Your continued membership signifies that you agree to this disclaimer and pledge to abide by our Rules and Guidelines.To unsubscribe from this group, send email to: ugandans-at-heart+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
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