{"id":22940,"date":"2021-12-14T16:42:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=22940"},"modified":"2021-12-14T14:48:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T14:48:56","slug":"nema-deploys-police-at-ssese-beach-to-save-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nema-deploys-police-at-ssese-beach-to-save-lake","title":{"rendered":"NEMA deploys police at Ssese beach to save lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>ENTEBBE.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Environmental police have taken over the site at the former Ssese Gateway Beach at Kitubulu near Entebbe Town where a developer has reportedly been dumping soil into a section of Lake Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a team from the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) inspected the site and arrested five people, including site engineers and also impounded four trucks which were being used to ferry the murram.<\/p>\n<p>Five suspects were arrested last week over breach of NEMA guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>By the time NEMA and local leaders intervened, the developer had reportedly claimed the lake\u2019s protected buffer zone of about five acres.<\/p>\n<p><b>What Nema says<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to the NEMA Act, any person constructing a permanent structure in a 200-metre buffer zone must seek clearance from the authority.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tonny Acidri, the NEMA deputy spokesperson, said the environment police was deployed because the developer was acting outside the law .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been getting reports that the developer is dumping soil in the lake and the environment police been deployed to the site to prevent further degradation,\u2019\u2019 he said on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Last week , the Ruparelia Group of Companies, the firm which took over ownership of the beach, and plans to erect a multibillion hotel, denied dumping soil in the lake.<\/p>\n<p><b>Developer speaks out<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe undertook an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), which puts across recommendations that should be applied on site to ensure that the neighbouring ecosystem, mainly our lake, isn\u2019t negatively impacted on. Therefore, we aren\u2019t breaching any conditions however we applied for the lake user permit, but Nema has delayed issuing the permit,\u201d Mr Martin Aryagaruka, the environment consultant of Ruparelia Group of Companies, said.<\/p>\n<p><b>[email protected]<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. ENTEBBE. Environmental police have taken over the site at the former Ssese Gateway Beach at Kitubulu near Entebbe Town where a developer has reportedly been dumping soil into a section of Lake Victoria. 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