Tag Archives: Lake Bunyonyi

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Uganda Police is set to establish a detachment on Lake Bunyonyi in South Western Uganda owning to the reported increase in crime rates and drowning there.  The move follows the wide spread outcry that the high crime rates and drowning are threatening tourism around …

Rubanda, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  Five more people have drowned in Lake Bunyonyi, barely a week after three people drowned in the same lake. The deceased have been identified as Grolia Tuhimbise, her children, Shanitah Ruhangariyo 1 and half years and Sandra Kyokusiima, 10 months, all residents of Karambo village in …

Rubanda, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two people have drowned in Lake Bunyonyi, Rubanda district after the canoe they were travelling in capsized.  The dead include Maureen Ninsiima 15, a student at Cream land High School Kabale and Evidence Kakuru, 15.  The incident occurred on Wednesday evening in Karambo village. According …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hopes of establishing ferry services at Lake Bunyonyi have gained impetus after the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) started conducting feasibility studies on the routes and docking sites. The possibility of ferry services on the Africa’s second deepest lake is a result of a …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders and environmentalists in Kabale and Rubanda districts are advocating for the transformation of Lake Bunyonyi and its basin into a Ramsar site. A Ramsar Site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention that was established in 1971 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tourism activists in Kigezi sub-region have embarked on a  new campaign aimed at ending silting and disposal of sewerage into Lake Bunyonyi. Bunyonyi, the second deepest Lake in Africa, after Lake Tanganyika,  is one of the top tourism revenue earners for Uganda and the …