{"id":34938,"date":"2022-08-01T14:29:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nema-to-inspect-sand-mining-sites"},"modified":"2022-08-01T14:41:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:41:44","slug":"nema-to-inspect-sand-mining-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nema-to-inspect-sand-mining-sites","title":{"rendered":"Nema to inspect sand mining sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>National Environment Management Authority (Nema) is set to conduct on-spot inspection of mining sites to assess compliance with guidelines.<\/p>\n

Mr Tony Achidria, a senior public relations officer at Nema, said many companies lack valid permits to extract sand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have tried to play our part as Nema, but some unscrupulous individuals and companies have continued to operate sand mining sites illegally. To address this , our team will now be conducting on-spot inspection to assess compliance and those found operating illegally will definitely be closed,\u201d he said in an interview last week<\/p>\n

In 2015, the government issued guidelines to sand miners and banned them from leaving excavated pits open.<\/p>\n

All sand truck drivers are required to cover sand with tarpaulins and the sand must be dry because wet sand destroys road marks.<\/p>\n

The trucks also have to register with Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) and be weighed at the bridges on different highways before and after loading sand.<\/p>\n

However, residents on the Lwera wetland system in Lukaya Town Council in Kalungu District and Nkozi Sub-county in Mpigi District, said most of the sand miners and transporters do not follow guidelines.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Ronald Ssemanda, the chairperson of Kamuwunga Landing Site in Lukaya Town Council, some mining companies have disrupted the drainage system, leading to floods in case of a downpour.<\/p>\n

He said the open pits become breeding places for mosquitoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything is in a mess, the miners leave the deep pits open after extracting sand and our people are registering a lot of losses whenever it rains, which was not the case before sand mining started in Lwera ,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Ssemanda said most drivers transport sand during night hours to avoid being arrested.<\/p>\n

Last month, Mpigi District leadership made an impromptu visit to Lwera and discovered that only three of the 15 mining firms have valid permits.<\/p>\n

Mr Francis Bbuye, the chairperson Nkozi Sub-county, said some trucks without tarpaulins dump sand along the way which becomes a menace to other motorists .<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have witnessed several accidents involving motorcyclists as they try to dodge the sand on both sides of the Kampala-Masaka highway, especially within Lwera area, \u2019\u2019 Mr Bbuye said<\/p>\n

Mr Allan Ssempebwa, the Unra public relation officer, said they would scale up their operations and arrest errant sand truck drivers .<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are aware that some sand truck drivers load beyond the permitted axle load and these are the ones who use village routes to connect to Kampala after dodging our weighbridges on highways, but our mobile team is going to step up their operations,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

He urged local leaders to work closely with Unra and police to ensure that trucks adhere to the set guidelines.<\/p>\n

Sand mining has in the past decade become a lucrative business due to the swiftly growing construction sector. However, environmentalists have on regular occasions raised concerns over measures that can regulate the business so as to avoid degradation and environmental adverse effects.<\/p>\n

Background<\/p>\n

In 2018, National Environment Management Authority together with experts developed a mining policy, which spelt out guidelines to regulate extraction activities as well as safe guarding the country\u2019s natural ecosystem.<\/p>\n

The policy requires miners to clearly demarcate their mining fields and present an environmental rehabilitation plan before a permit is issued out.<\/p>\n

Under the same policy, the government put sand, stones and murrum under the category of minerals in the new approved mining policy. Government believes this will end unregulated sand mining across the country.<\/p>\n

According to the new policy, any one intending to venture into sand mining will be required to acquire a licence from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.<\/p>\n

Those who will be caught engaging in sand mining without a licence will be fined Shs500,0000 or jailed for one year or both.<\/p>\n

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