The President of Uganda H.E Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has banned the construction of new industries in wetlands in order to protect the environment.
During his address to the Nation, President Museveni said that, there shouldn’t be any cultivation and slums near water bodies.
He further more ordered that residential housesbuilt in wetlands must be demolished.
He (President Museveni) was speaking to the nation ahead of Uganda’s 61st Independence celebrations.