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NEMA and Ministry of Water and Environment run enforcement operation against sand mining in Lwera Wetland

Environmental Issues Official claim Uganda (national) Jul 2026 (day not reported) Severity: 1/5

According to NEMA's account reported by ChimpReports, a joint operation with the Ministry of Water and Environment, UPDF, environmental police and Kalungu District targeted four sites along the Kampala–Masaka Road in the Lwera Wetland. The team said it impounded three trucks and a wheel loader from a company operating on an expired ESIA certificate in Ntizi Village, demobilised 30 canoes in Muge Village, and recovered two wheel loaders and a dredger at a site in Kalungu District that workers had left before the operation.

A national event, not tied to one district.

Official claim: These are the figures given by National Environment Management Authority; they could not be checked independently.

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