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The Ministry of Water and Environment under the Albertine Water Management Zone is implementing catchment-based water resources management interventions that emphasize the development and implementation of catchment management plans to promote sustainable water use, ecosystem conservation, and inclusive stakeholder engagement.
With support from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the ministry is undertaking a capacity-building initiative of River Mpanga Catchment Organization members in planning and multi-stakeholder coordination covering the districts of Kabarole, Kamwenge, Kitagwenda, and Kyenjojo designed to enhance skills in environmental planning, integrated decision making, and stakeholder coordination for catchment based governance in a bid to find means of protecting the River which is at high risk of significant degradation.
Silver Mubangizi from Albert Water Management Zone, says how to engage stakeholders to do the best practices in the catchment hence calling upon people to adopt several interventions such as a forestation to avert the effects of climate change and protect the environment.
Grace Kanweri, the senior programs officer of Water for People called for cooperation between all stakeholders to adopt interventions in the Mpanga Catchment Plan, sensitize people on the importance of protecting the river, and find alternative livelihoods for people engaging in sand mining, and stone quarrying among others.
Hon Resty Balinda, the Secretary for Production Kabarole decried the increasing degradation of River Mpanga which has resulted in a decline in the water levels hence calling on people to protect the environment and stop activities that lead to the siltation of the river.