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NEMA and security agencies halt unpermitted wetland works in Ssezibwa catchment, Wakiso, and seize machinery

Environmental Issues Official claim Wakiso Feb 2026 (day not reported) Severity: 2/5

According to ChimpReports, NEMA, working with police environmental units and the UPDF, stopped earthworks and dumping in a section of the Ssezibwa Catchment System in Kalagala Village, Dundu Parish, over the weekend. NEMA said the land was being filled for a spare-parts manufacturing and recycling facility without environmental approval, and that suspected organisers were arrested and heavy machinery impounded.

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

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