Egypt inaugurates dams in Uganda
Seven dams and 27 underground wells were inaugurated by Egypt in Uganda alongside a large number of projects that serve to improve the quality of drinking water and provide water for agriculture.
Egyptian Minister of Water and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aty visited Uganda Dec. 7 to celebrate the end of the fifth phase of the Egyptian-Ugandan project to control aquatic weeds in the Great Lakes, which is concerned with cleaning Lake Victoria and establishing a river marina in the Ugandan Kamunga district.
During the celebration, he announced that Egypt had inaugurated several dams in Uganda.
In an official statement, Abdel Aty noted that his country has established seven dams to harvest rainwater in Ugandan districts in order to provide drinking water for citizens and secure water needed for grazing.
During his meeting with Sam Cheptoris, minister of water and environment, and Beatrice Atim, minister of state for the environment, Abdel Aty said, “Building such a dam helps Uganda provide clean drinking water for the people and freshwater for grazing, especially since Uganda grazes about 280,000 head of cattle in the Lyantonde district alone, where the dam was built.”
