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.
A bridge construction site on the Victoria Nile near the Murchison Falls, where the government has a plan to build a hydroelectric dam, at Murchison Falls National Park, northwest Uganda, Jan. 25, 2020.
A bridge construction site on the Victoria Nile near the Murchison Falls, where the government has a plan to build a hydroelectric dam, at Murchison Falls National Park, northwest Uganda, Jan. 25, 2020. - Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
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Rasha Mahmoud
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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.

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