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Lake VictoriaArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml/list.htmlLegalbrief (subscription),Experts have warned of a looming economic crisis in the Lake Victoria basin as the water hyacinth continues to paralyse fishing and transport on the lake, Uganda: CHOGM - More Power to Be Produced - 20 Aug 2007 AllAfrica.com,We analyse Lake Victoria's water levels and adjust the generation capacity accordingly," D'Ujanga explained. "There is a possibility of increasing Uganda: River Nile Agreements - No Change for Poorer Downstream ... - 20 Aug 2007 AllAfrica.com,Developments in the River Nile basin for which Lake Victoria provides a major catchment indicates that the situation is not about to change for Senteza. Kenya: Kibaki Goodies Fine, But Not for a Vote Swap - 20 Aug 2007 AllAfrica.com,It is instructive that the proposed projects, including a ring road around Lake Victoria, construction of the Rang'ala-Bondo-Luanda-Kotieno Road, Govt yet to give schools subsidy - headmasters - 20 Aug 2007 IPP Media - Guardian,This is according to remarks made here at the weekend by the chairperson of the Lake Victoria zone chapter of the Tanzania Heads of Secondary School Couple strives to raise five disabled children - 20 Aug 2007 Standard,Anyango has to juggle between her small business and numerous domestic chores, including fetching water from Lake Victoria, about 3km away. Ugandans must learn to love Kiswahili, wapende wasipende! - 20 Aug 2007 East African,Water levels in Lake Victoria, easily the region’s most important water mass, are at their lowest in 83 years. That led one MP, Ochola Ogur, to suggest, The ‘Iron Lady’ of Kenyan politics who shoots straight from the hip - 20 Aug 2007 Daily Nation (subscription),Ms Karua stood her ground declaring that Kenya does not recognise the colonial Nile Treaty of 1929 and shall use the waters of Lake Victoria as she deems Kenya: L. Victoria Water Level Lowest - Aug 15, 2007 AllAfrica.com,Water levels in Lake Victoria were at their lowest in 83 years due increased usage, Parliament heard yesterday. Water and Irrigation minister Mutua Katuku Uganda: High Urban Growth Rates Endanger Lake Victoria - Aug 13, 2007 AllAfrica.com,LAKE Victoria, the second largest fresh water lake in the world, faces immense pressure from urban centres on its shores, an official of the United Do sunspots foretell heavy rains — and disease? - Aug 17, 2007 MSNBCThe roughly 11-year solar cycle stayed in place, but a sort of double-time pulse appeared in Lake Victoria’s fluctuating levels, making some of the lake’s Marine transport on Lake Victoria still a nightmare - Aug 15, 2007 IPP Media - Guardian,By PST Correspondent, Mwanza Marine transport passengers between Mwanza and Kagera regions in Lake Victoria have reminded the government on its promise to Jinja needs status, not new name - Aug 17, 2007 The Monitor, Uganda,..."It is a town with growing industry and a garden city on the banks of Africa's largest inland sea on lake Victoria " reads Jinja handbook in 1968. Save L Victoria from pollution - Aug 12, 2007 Daily Nation (subscription),Lake Victoria is on the verge of turning into a killer of those eking a livelihood from it. This is due to dumping of plastic paper bags, and industrial Uganda: Algae Pollutes Lake Victoria - Jul 23, 2007 AllAfrica.com,Humans and the environment are at risk after the continued pollution of Lake Victoria, a survey by a civil society organisation has revealed. Uganda: Owen Falls Dam Capacity to Remain Low - Aug 16, 2007 AllAfrica.com,POWER production at the Owen Falls Dam is unlikely to increase because the Lake Victoria water levels have not risen even with the recent heavy rains, East Africa: L. Victoria Laws Due for Debate - Jul 30, 2007 AllAfrica.com,The MPs completed their consultations on the Lake Victoria Basin Commission and Lake Victoria Transport Bills last week in Entebbe. Kenya: Soldiers Rescue 13 From Lake Ordeal - Aug 12, 2007 AllAfrica.com,Kenya Air Force soldiers staged a dramatic rescue on Lake Victoria and saved the group marooned in the water hyacinth. Flying low in a helicopter, Seven drown in Lake Victoria - Aug 6, 2007 The Monitor, Uganda,SEVEN people on Friday drowned in Lake Victoria when a canoe they were travelling in capsized in the midst of a fight on board. Kenya: Get Rid of This Weed - Aug 13, 2007 AllAfrica.com,The ordeal suffered by seven people on Lake Victoria when water hyacinth formed a ring around their boat and marooned them for four days ought to be a Uganda: Kibe Zone Where Sex, Drugs and Filth Rule - Aug 16, 2007 AllAfrica.com,...the numerous streams that transport the filth to the nearby River Nsooba and into the Nakivubo Channel, before finally throwing it into Lake Victoria. Teachers see danger in new ward-level schools - Aug 18, 2007 IPP Media - Guardian,By Emmanuel Chacha, Mwanza Secondary school heads in the Lake Victoria zone have said most ward-level secondary schools recently built by wananchi lack Water Hyacinth Reducing Power Output - Expert - Aug 15, 2007 AllAfrica.com,THE water hyacinth on Lake Victoria is one of the causes of low power generation, an energy expert has said. Nokwandi Mngeni, the managing director of Eskom Uganda: Fish Export Cash to Rise - Aug 15, 2007 AllAfrica.com,He said the fight against illegal fishing gears would be intensified to ensure sanity prevailed on Lake Victoria. Nyeko was closing a fisheries workshop for Regional hearings on Lake Victoria Bills - Jul 23, 2007 Legalbrief (subscription),East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) MPs have got down to work in Kisumu, attending public hearings on the Lake Victoria Basin Commission Management Kenya: Weed Becomes More Sinister As It Takes Hostages - Aug 13, 2007 AllAfrica.com,Christine Pai was among seven passengers on a boat that had been trapped by the water hyacinth weed, which has returned to Lake Victoria with a vengeance. Uganda: Wells, Boreholes Better Than Tap Water - Aug 6, 2007 AllAfrica.com,While National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NW&SC) may have weaknesses, the source from which it draws the raw water, Lake Victoria, is the destination Kenya: The Tragedy of the Fishing Commons - Jul 30, 2007 AllAfrica.com,The success of the export trade in fish from Lake Victoria all but crushed the small scale fisherman's domestic sales and set the stage for overexploitation East Africa: Regional Conservation Laws in Offing - Aug 1, 2007 AllAfrica.com,The deputy Secretary General for the Lake Victoria Basin Commission, Wilson Kipkore has said. The laws will be passed by the East African Legislative Uganda: A Dam That Activists Simply Can't Make Peace With - Aug 1, 2007 AllAfrica.com,..."BEL's assessment does not address the overall issue of Lake Victoria's long-term health. The issue of cumulative impacts by building a cascade of dams UN SUPPORTS DAR WATER SCHEMES - Aug 14, 2007 Daily News - TSN,UN-Habitat has expressed commitment to support the second phase of the water supply and sanitation programme for several towns around Lake Victoria and Dar Fate of Kenyan fishermen held by Dar unknown - Aug 13, 2007 Daily Nation (subscription),The group from Migori District was rounded up for allegedly trespassing on Tanzania’s fishing territory in Lake Victoria. A Tanzanian official, who asked Owen Falls Dam capacity to remain low - Aug 15, 2007 New Vision,By Ibrahim Kasita POWER production at the Owen Falls Dam is unlikely to increase because the Lake Victoria water levels have not risen even with the recent Drilling commences at the Mabale Hills project in Tanzania - Aug 17, 2007 Mineweb,Sub-Sahara Resources (ASX: SBS) advises that drilling has commenced on the Mwamazengo prospect (Mabale Hills project) which forms part of the Lake Victoria Wild ride greets my exploration of White Nile - Aug 14, 2007 Fremont Tribune,By Dean Jacobs/Letters to America Driving across Owen Falls Dam in Uganda, the large structure that holds back the water from Lake Victoria, I glanced down Uganda: Residents Turn Lake Into Dumping Site - Jul 28, 2007 AllAfrica.com,At Ripon Landing Site in Jinja Municipality on the shores of Lake Victoria, human settlement has become a key factor in polluting the resource environment. Currie Rose Resources Inc.: Drilling Commences at the Mabale Hills ... - Aug 16, 2007 Market Wire (press release)Mabale Hills project in central Tanzania which forms part of the Lake Victoria Joint Venture with Australian-listed Sub-Sahara Resources NL (ASX:SBS). Kenya: Fishermen Turn to Charcoal Trade - Aug 6, 2007 AllAfrica.com,Fishermen on Lake Victoria are importing charcoal from Uganda and selling it for more than double the buying price. Mr Zachary Obuya, a fisherman at Dunga The journey of water from the lake to glass - Aug 8, 2007 The Monitor, Uganda,...which has been observed in Lake Victoria. The algae bloom may turn the water neon green, blue-green, or reddish-brown, a condition that National Water and R.Kagera water colour normalises - Aug 9, 2007 The Monitor, Uganda,Subsequently, the aquatic life in Lake Victoria will flourish because there will be less competition for oxygen. The Kagera River, also called Akagera River Tanzania holding 14 on fishing trespass claims - Aug 9, 2007 Daily Nation (subscription),Fourteen Kenyan fishermen have been arrested by Tanzanian authorities on Lake Victoria over claims of trespass. The fishermen are from Muhuru Beach in Uganda gets "Bg Brother"cameras for summit - Aug 9, 2007 Reuters.uk,Twenty-four cameras will be set up this month in the capital Kampala and three more on the nearby shores of Lake Victoria, where Britain's Queen Elizabeth Tassie volunteers to help out in Uganda - Aug 8, 2007 ABC Online,..."AIDS is still rampant over there, particularly in this region near Lake Victoria," Ms Durose said. "It's a fishing port so a lot of AIDS is spreading Braving the lake to save lives - Aug 14, 2007 The Monitor, Uganda,This is partly the reason why Ms Nakaziba has to risk her life on the unpredictable waters daily SAILING on the deep murky waters of Lake Victoria is an Marburg fever alert issued in Lake zone - Aug 16, 2007 IPP Media - Guardian,By Emmanuel Chacha, Mwanza The authorities in the Lake Victoria zone have issued an alert following the recent outbreak of the rare and highly fatal Marburg Sunspot Abundance Linked To Heavy Rains In East Africa - Aug 6, 2007 Science Daily (press release)Scientists have investigated apparent correlations between solar variability and Lake Victoria's water levels since the beginning of the last century, TWENTY EIGHT YEARS AGO Coastweek, August 10 - 16, 1979 - Aug 11, 2007 Coastweek,President Nyerere of Tanzania officially inaugurated the 850 tonner Lake Victoria passenger and cargo vessel mv Bukoba at Mwanza on Lake Victoria. Kenya: Bleak Times for Fishermen As Popular Stocks Dwindle - Jul 24, 2007 AllAfrica.com,A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Lake Victoria following reports that fish stocks are fast declining. A government report indicates that it is no longer a Tanzania authorities issue alert over marburg fever - Aug 17, 2007 Africa Science News Service,Tanzanian authorities have issued an alert in the Lake Victoria region following the recent outbreak of the rare and highly fatal Marburg haemorrhagic fever Do Sunspots Forecast the Rain? - Aug 10, 2007 Sky & Telescope,So when we got wind of the paper published this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research entitled "Sunspots, El Niño, and the levels of Lake Victoria, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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