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Uganda’s expanding oil infrastructure is degrading wetlands within the wider Lake Victoria catchment. [File, Standard]
Every day, millions of Kenyans draw water, catch fish and earn a living from Lake Victoria. Yet few stop to consider where much of that water begins its journey.
Beyond Kenya's borders, an intricate network of wetlands in Uganda filters water, traps sediment, stores carbon and supports wildlife before rivers drain into East Africa's largest freshwater lake. Scientists warn that damage to these upstream ecosystems could ripple across national boundaries.
Those concerns have gained fresh urgency following the release of research alleging that Uganda's oil developments are degrading wetlands within the wider Lake Victoria catchment.
