National Environmental Management Authority(NEMA) has issued approval of water shore developments at Speke Resort hotel Munyonyo.
There is video trending on social media, showing several trucks piling soil around the shores of Lake Victoria at Speke Resort Munyonyo, which has raised a lot of questions regarding environmental degradation.
NEMA has revealed that the land around the area was muddy and soggy, so was prone to being carried away by water.
During a media tour around the area, the hotel Proprietor Sudhir Ruparelia noted that in order to protect the affected land, they had to upgrade it and replant grass around it.
Uganda is preparing to host the Non Aligned Movement (NAM)& G-77 Conferences in 2024, at Munyonyo Common Wealth Resort as such the compound was soggy and required some upgrading to prevent flooding.
NAM is an international conference consisting of 120 countries which are not formally aligned with big major power blocs. The first conference took place in September 1961 in Belgrade Yugoslavia.
The Speke Resort Convention Center works, which is expected to host the conferences in January 2024 is on going at Munyonyo Kampala Uganda.
This center is a joint venture between the government of Uganda and businessman Sudhiru Ruparrelia.
Report by: Lubega Muda
