URA says smugglers use Lake Victoria and Lake Albert’s porous borders to move untaxed goods, costing vast revenue losses.

At least 30 people are feared dead after a boat capsized in Lake Victoria around 2:00 am on Wednesday morning. A boat with an estimated 200 capsized in Lake Victoria. So far 3 bodies were recovered.

Pollution in parts of Lake Victoria is worsening so fast that soon it may be impossible to treat its waters enough to provide drinking water for the Ugandan capital, a senior official said on Monday.

Uganda is facing an electricity crisis after the water level in Lake Victoria dropped dramatically. Uganda relies almost exclusively on hydroelectric power, but drought and demand have cut generating ...

EAST Africa's Lake Victoria, the world's second largest freshwater lake, is being secretly drained to keep the lights on in Uganda. A report published this week says Uganda is flouting a 50-year-old ...

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Lake Victoria’s water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours, posing a threat to Uganda’s hydropower ...

Another diplomatic row is brewing between Kenya and Uganda after the latter arrested 24 Kenyan fishermen in Lake Victoria. The fishermen were detained while allegedly fishing on the Kenyan side of the ...

Uganda’s railroads agency forecasts a surge in cargo operations as it develops an alternative transit route through neighboring Tanzania, and reduces reliance on the Kenyan corridor. Uganda Railways ...

Lake Victoria is the source of the longest branch of the Nile River, the White Nile, and has a catchment area of 184,000 square kilometres (71,040 mi²). The lake lies within an elevated plateau in the ...

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KAMPALA (Reuters) - Lake Victoria's water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours, posing a threat to Uganda's hydropower ...