{"id":13371,"date":"2024-12-06T19:56:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=13371"},"modified":"2024-12-06T19:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:56:54","slug":"nabakooba-directs-fpu-on-impounded-mityana-fishing-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/nabakooba-directs-fpu-on-impounded-mityana-fishing-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Nabakooba Directs\u00a0 FPU On Impounded Mityana Fishing Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Our Reporter <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fishermen operating on Lake Wamala in Mityana District can now smile after Lands Minister, Judith Nabakooba, directed the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) to return impounded fishing gear to their  owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impounded fishing gear, the Minister learned, include four-inch fishing nets, flat boats less than the recommended 28 meter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This directive comes after President Museveni\u2019s recent visit to Mityana  where a section of fishermen reported to him about the challenges they encounter. A team of fishermen led by the Minister also met the President at  State House over the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the case of making new regulations, let us use Lake Wamala as a test case. Return their four inch nets and flat boats,\u201d she directed, arguing that it is a shallow lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fisheries Protection Unit is currently undertaking public consultations to get opinions that will guide development of the new regulations expected to be rolled out next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Lake Wamala is yet to receive an FPU team to conduct similar consultations but very soon, the Commissioner Fisheries Regulation, Joseph Bwanika, promised they will be coming on the ground to engage the fishermen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe commissioner fishers promised that his team will come on the ground and conduct a study in consultation with the public, and at the end of the day to come up with a regulation,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nabakooba underscored the significance of returning the fishing gear to fishermen on Lake Wamala, noting that once it is done, \u201cthey would have assisted the President and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government to secure the \u201cwananchi\u201d because the government is looking at improving household incomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Bwanika, the Commissioner Fisheries Regulation, had earlier told the minister that the new regulations under the pipeline are aimed at favoring all fishermen and once consultations are done, they hope not to receive more complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He revealed that this new law suggests reduction of the size of boats by 14 meters for shallow lakes as per the request from fishermen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will send a team to do a sample on the size and design of the boats that can work effectively on this lake. These are the very things we are considering to review in the new regulations,\u201d Mr Bwanika promised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He, however urged fishermen to prioritize their life while practicing their occupation by wearing safety life jackets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mityana District Fisheries Officer, Elijah Ssenyonjo, highlighted key challenges of Lake Wamala including the lake drying out, noting that they are yet to establish the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that they have been suffering moving sudds (floating vegetation) which is becoming a threat to the fishing communities and transport in areas of Mityana, Gomba, and Kassanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is becoming a challenge for boats to sail through the floating vegetation and this is imposing a high risk to the life of our people,\u201d Mr Ssenyonjo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chairperson of fishermen, Ali Ssekiwunga, hailed the minister for always fighting for the ordinary people to ensure their well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He decried the harsh nature of the FPU on their lake and asked Ms Nabakooba to talk to them to be friendly for a good working relationship in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Our Reporter  Fishermen operating on Lake Wamala in Mityana District can now smile after Lands Minister, Judith Nabakooba, directed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/naba.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4915,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/minister-nabakooba-mp-kibedi-nsegumire-donate-drugs-to-mityana-hospital\/","url_meta":{"origin":13371,"position":0},"title":"MINISTER NABAKOOBA, MP KIBEDI NSEGUMIRE DONATE DRUGS TO MITYANA HOSPITAL AS NMS IS A NO SHOW","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba together with Mityana North MP Kibedi Nsegumire have donated drugs to Mityana hospital after it was discovered that the hospital had not received medicines from National Medical Stores (NMS) since September last year . Prime Minister Hon. Robinah Nabbanja was this week shocked to learn that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/naba-1.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/naba-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/naba-1.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/naba-1.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/naba-1.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16274,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-has-dissolved-landing-sites-committees-and-changed-the-command-of-the-fisheries-protection-unit-on-lakes-in-uganda\/","url_meta":{"origin":13371,"position":1},"title":"President Museveni Has Dissolved Landing Sites Committees And Changed The Command Of The Fisheries Protection Unit On Lakes In Uganda","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The President and Commander-In-Chief of the UPDF, General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ,has directed the Chief of Defence Forces and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations (CDF\/SPASO), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba to immediately dissolve landing sites committees on all the lakes in Uganda on account of the controversies surrounding them among the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/download.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8540,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/mityana-women-should-embrace-technology-for-economic-development-minister-nabakooba\/","url_meta":{"origin":13371,"position":2},"title":"MITYANA WOMEN SHOULD EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT-MINISTER NABAKOOBA","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"March 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Reporter In Mityana Lands\u00a0 Minister \u00a0Judith Nabakooba Nalule has called upon the \u00a0women in Mityana to embrace new technologies as a way to foster development and wealth creation. Speaking at an event organised by women in Mityana to celebrate the women's month, March 2023, Nabakooba said the new\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Women Economic Growth"","block_context":{"text":"Women Economic Growth","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/women-economic-growth\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/naba-3.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/naba-3.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/naba-3.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/naba-3.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/naba-3.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9550,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/lands-minister-nabakooba-rallies-mityana-residents-to-make-maximum-use-of-ug-shs-1-6bn-pdm-cash-to-increase-household-incomes\/","url_meta":{"origin":13371,"position":3},"title":"Lands Minister Nabakooba rallies Mityana residents to make maximum use of Ug.Shs. 1.6bn PDM cash to increase \u00a0household incomes","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"July 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Reporter Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba has rallied the people of Mityana to makje maximum use of the Ug.Shs. 1.6bn Parish Development Model (PDM) cash thats being given to the poor people in Mityana district to increase household incomes . Nabakooba was \u00a0commissioning the Ug.Shs1.6 billion PDM cash at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National Development"","block_context":{"text":"National Development","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-development\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nab2-2.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nab2-2.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nab2-2.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nab2-2.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nab2-2.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9985,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/relief-as-lands-minister-nabakooba-intervenes-in-mityana-land-disputes\/","url_meta":{"origin":13371,"position":4},"title":"Relief\u00a0 as Lands Minister Nabakooba intervenes in \u00a0Mityana \u00a0land disputes","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"September 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"BY Our Reporters In Mityana Lands Minister\u00a0 Judith Nabakooba has met residents of Kabule and Miggo villages in Mityana municipality \u00a0and stopped on going evictions of bibanja owners . The Minister has also stopped illegal activities of \u00a0boundary opening and collection of \u00a0ground rent (Busuulu) \u00a0by \u201c landlords\u201d from desperate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Land security"","block_context":{"text":"Land security","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/land-security\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ju-1.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ju-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ju-1.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ju-1.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ju-1.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12081,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ntoroko-leaders-want-permanent-settlements-for-flood-victims-pm-nabbanja-promises-government-action\/","url_meta":{"origin":13371,"position":5},"title":"Ntoroko Leaders Want Permanent Settlements For Flood Victims, PM Nabbanja Promises Government Action","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"June 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Reporters in Ntoroko Local leaders in Ntoroko District have asked \u00a0government to procure land for the flood victims where they can set up permanent structures to survive the inhumane\u00a0 condition of living in resettlement camps where citizens\u00a0 cannot engage in any meaningful productive work to alleviate poverty. Thousands\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Vagaries Of Nature"","block_context":{"text":"Vagaries Of Nature","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/vagaries-of-nature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/nabb.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/nabb.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/nabb.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/nabb.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/nabb.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0aOV-3tF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13376,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13371\/revisions\/13376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}